Installing Fonts

On this page you will find information on how to install a font to your computer.

If you have any previous versions installed on your system you will need to uninstall them first. Once you have downloaded the font .zip archive, extract to a temporary directory, then:

Microsoft Windows

  1. Open the Control Panel (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel)
  2. Double-Click on the Fonts icon
  3. Click on File -> Install New Font...
  4. Browse to where you extracted the .zip archive
  5. Select the Frontier (TrueType) file and click OK.

To delete a font follow steps 1 and 2 (Control Panel -> Fonts) select the font file(s) right-click and Delete.

KDE (Unix, Linux, BSD)

  1. Open the Control Centre. (K -> Settings -> Control Centre)
  2. System Administration.
  3. Font Installer.
  4. Select 'Add Font' icon from the toolbar.
  5. Browse to the location where you unzipped it, and select 'Frontier.ttf'

KDE instructions by Dylan Smith of Alioth.net.

Other OS

For all other systems read your documentation on how to install fonts.

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