Adding Fonts to Adobe Photoshop CS 6 like Helvetica

[philippg53849268]

Hi everyone

i have a question about Adobe Photshop CS6.

My problem is, that i don't now from which folder Adobe Photoshop CS6 takes its fonts.

I need to edit a picture with "Helvetica" Fonts, but i can't find "Helvetica" in the drop down list in Photoshop CS6.

My OS is Windows 10 Pro x64

Do i need to install the Helvetica Fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts ?

Is there another path for Adobe Photoshop?

Thank you very much for your help.

[Jeff Arola · Accepted solution]

Yes, install the Helvetica Fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts.

Photoshop cs6 reads the fonts installed there.

[Rob de Winter]

Jeff Arola​'s answer is correct. In addition to installing fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts you can also double click the font file(s) you want to install and install it directly to the fonts folder. Your font will also appear in Photoshop.

[philippg53849268]

Thank you very much. I have installed the fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts and i see it now in Photoshop. But i can't use them there.

How can i solve this problem?

[Rob de Winter]

Hmm, that's strange. Maybe you've added a font that's nog supported in Windows. What's the font type? Maybe try to double click the font and try to install it that way. If it doesn't install, I'm afraid that you've got a Mac only font (like a .suit font).

Another problem can be this: maybe the font name is different than the file name. So try to browse your font list first...

[Chuck Uebele]

Is Helvetica a free font? I thought you now had to purchase it. Maybe that was just Helvetica Neue.

[philippg53849268]

Hi Chuck,

you are right, the font is called "Helvetica Neue" after i installed it.

Also the font Future i have installed in C:\Windows\Fonts.

After the first try the fonts were there and available in Photoshop.

But after a reboot the fonts were no more in C:\Windows\Fonts.

What could be the problem here?

Thank you very much.

[Jeff Arola]

Did you copy the font over from a mac?

macOS uses a different format (dfont) for some fonts that windows won't read.

[philippg53849268]

No i downloaded the fonts.

After installing them and copying them in the C:\Windows\Fonts Folder i can use them.

But after i restart the pc the fonts are gone in the C:\Windows\Fonts folder.

[Test Screen Name]

Did you try to copy to the Windows\Fonts folder? From where, exactly? ( Installing fonts by “copying” doesnt actually copy, it only seems to, do you need to first out the font in a safe place on your local disk).

[philippg53849268]

Sorry, but i don't get you.

Can you explain it again?

[Test Screen Name]

Do you still have the fonts you downloaded? Not in the Windows Fonts folder?

[philippg53849268]

I have the fonts in my download folder.

But if i restart the PC the fonts are no more in C:\Windows\Fonts.

I don't know why.

[Test Screen Name]

Ok a different problem. Try right click on the font to install it.

[philippg53849268]

i have tried it by right clicking - same issue

[philippg53849268]

Any other answers?

Thank you

[Jeff Arola]

What issue are you having?