Installing Windows Fonts

Description

Installing a Windows font requires more than copying the font file into C:\Windows\Fonts. Windows also needs the matching registry entries. This Fileset installs TrueType fonts by copying the prepared font files into place and registering each one.

Supported font type
This Fileset was tested with TrueType (.ttf) fonts on Windows 10 Pro 1803 and 1903. Test the edited Fileset on your current Windows build before broad deployment.

Registry Editing

This Fileset edits the Windows registry. Follow the setup steps carefully so only the font files you intend to deploy exist in the suggested folder.

Information

Download and import the Fileset, then replace the placeholder with the fonts you want to deploy.

Windows Instal Fonts.fileset.zip

Description

The Fileset consists of:

• An activation script
• A folder for the font files, with a placeholder file

Adding Fonts

• Select the font files in macOS Finder or Windows Explorer.
• Drag them into the Fileset folder Windows > Temp > Fonts.
• Select the Fonts folder in the Fileset, choose Get Info > Verification, then set Ignore At Verify and Apply to Enclosed.
• Remove the placeholder.remove file.

Example, Montserrat font:

Deployment

On association and activation, the script will:

• Copy all files from C:\Windows\Temp\Fonts to C:\Windows\Fonts if they do not already exist.
• Create a registry entry for each copied file if one does not already exist.
• Remove each file from the temporary directory: C:\Windows\Temp\Fonts.

Changing Temporary Folder

To use a different temporary folder:

• Drag the fonts to the desired location in the Fileset.
• Change the launch argument to match: InstalFonts.ps1 > Get Info > Executable.

Test on a small group of appropriate Windows devices before deploying broadly.