Topic: Where does Photoshop keep fonts?

[SteveD CB500F]

I have just installed Photoshop CS 8.0 on my PC but files created by my son say that I have fonts missing. Where are the fonts and how do I export/import them from one PC to another?

Alternatively, where can I download "Arial Rounded MT Bold" (free, of course...)

[Jeff]

Fonts are held inside the control panel... nothing to do with Photoshop. If your photoshop project is missing a font, it means that your son has a font on his machine that you don't.

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Fonts

PM me your email address.

Jeff

[mlinder]

Fonts are held inside the control panel... nothing to do with Photoshop. If your photoshop project is missing a font, it means that your son has a font on his machine that you don't.

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Fonts

PM me your email address.

Jeff

That's actually a 'short cut' to them. Their actual residence is rootdrive\windows\fonts  (rootdrive generally being c:\)
But yeah, you can get to 'em from there.

[SteveD CB500F]

Thanks guys.

I guess I know less about PCs than I thought I did... 

We now both have a full set of fonts.

[burmashave]

If it's of any interest, there are a few really good sources for free fonts.  As you discovered, a font in a document, etc., is not portable; therefore, exclusive fonts are best for printing or for formats such as Adobe pdf's (fonts can be retained in pdf's):

25 Best Free Fonts
dafont.com
Manfred Klein
Listing of Free Font Sites

You've got to root around a bit in the Manfred Klein site; however, he has created some interesting fonts in addition to some creative dingbats, including some nice woodcuts.  To install a font, unzip it if neccessary, and as Milinder points out, copy the font file(s) to the 'Font' directory under your 'Windows' or 'WINNT' directory.

While I'm at it, I'll plug some of my favorite open source ("free") software:

Scribus: desktop publisher
Scribus is absolutely superb.  I've tried InDesign and Quark Express, and I would still use Scribus if Adobe and Quark were giving their software away. 

Inkscape: vector graphics editor
Inkscape is a cool vector graphics application.  It's easier to use than CorelDraw, Freehand or Xara.  I have Xara, yet I use Inkscape.

The Gimp: image manipulator
I've been using The Gimp more and more, although I find Photoshop easier to use.  The Gimp is certainly cheaper, though, and it is full featured.  It also has some nice freely available plugins, such as this one that lets you do the "Stalin Effect" (erase people or things from pictures).

I've come to use these applications because I primarily use Linux (Gentoo and OpenBSD).  Nevertheless these wonderful media programs are available for Windows and come to you at the low, low price of nothing!