How to Adjust Fonts in a Printer

Fonts are software components use to display a certain typeface, or typography, in documents. Computer programs such as word processors and desktop publishing applications allow you to adjust or change fonts to make the text in your documents or presentations more presentable or suitable to your specific application. Adjusting or changing fonts in an application not only changes text on the computer screen; it also changes how the text appears on printed documents. Therefore, if you want to change the fonts used when printing documents, you must change them first in the software used to create the documents.

Things You'll Need

• Font disc or downloaded font file

Instructions

Add New Printer Font in Windows

1. Click "Start" and then "Computer."

2. Navigate to the folder on your computer that contains the new printer font you want to install.

3. Right-click on the font file name. Click "Install" when the pop-up menu appears. Wait for Windows to install the font configure it for use with applications on your computer.

Delete Printer Fonts in Windows

1. Click the "Start" globe and then "Control Panel." Scroll to and click the "Fonts" icon or link in "Control Panel."

2. Scroll through the thumbnail pictures of fonts installed on your computer. Highlight the font you want to delete from your computer.

3. Right-click on the thumbnail photo of the highlighted font file. Click "Delete" on the pop-menu to remove the font from your computer. Remove other fonts as needed.

Adjusting Fonts in Windows Applications

1. Open a Windows application that uses fonts. Word processing programs, desktop publishing applications and presentation program all allow you to change the font settings for documents or presentation files that you print.

2. Click the "File/Open" option on the menu bar. Browse to the folder that contains the document or presentation file you want to edit. Click the "Open" button to load the document in the application window.

3. Use your mouse to highlight any text for which you want to adjust or change the font settings. If you want to edit all of the text in a document or presentation file, press the "Ctrl" and then "A" keys on the keyboard. This selects all of the text in the open file.

4. Locate the font selector drop-down box in the menu or tool bar area of the application. The font selector box usually displays the name of the current font in the left side of the window. Size settings for the font are usually in the box immediately to the right. Click and select a different font type or change the size of the typeface by selecting values in the drop-down box.

5. Click and select other formatting options for the font. Click the "B," "I" or "U" buttons on the program-formatting menu to change Bold, Italics and Underline settings for selected text. Click other formatting option buttons on the menu or tool bar to adjust or change the text font to your liking.

6. Click the "File/Save" option on the menu bar to save changes to the text in the document or presentation.

7. Click "File/Print" to print the document with the adjusted font settings.

References

• Microsoft: Microsoft Typography
• Microsoft: Expressing Language with Type
• Microsoft Windows: Install or Delete Fonts
• Microsoft Office: Add Basic Formatting, Styles, and Themes
• Microsoft Office: Change the Font Size
• TheBestData: Change Font Size Word 2010