Google is rolling out an update to Google Docs that brings a bunch of improvements to the platform when you’re importing PDF documents. The improvements are mainly focused on image imports, text styles and formatting, and layout conversion. According to Google, the update improves the image. The first thing you’ll need to do is open up a new Google Docs or Slides file to get started. Alternatively, if you’re using the latest version of Chrome, you can type “docs.new” or “slides.new” into a new tab’s address bar. In your document, open the “Insert” menu and then click the “Special Characters” command.
I came across this great tip today:
[W]hat many people don’t realize is that Google Drive actually allows users to access a huge library of fonts, comparable to or even possibly exceeding the number offered by its main competitor, Microsoft Word – you just have to add them yourself. To access all the fonts available to you on Google Drive, simply open up a document and click on your font drop down menu. At the very bottom is an almost unnoticeable option to “Add fonts…”
via Google Drive tip: How to access more fonts than you’ll ever need – Pocketables.
What an awesome tip, I had no idea it was so easy to add fonts to Google’s service! 🙂
Download Fonts For Google Docs
PS Here is a screenshot I took of the ‘add fonts’ option:
Yesterday, I sent a document to someone, only to have blank boxes ( ⯐ known as tofu) appear where words should have been. That’s what happens when you write something with fonts that the recipient lacks on his/her device. On October 6, 2016, Google co-released an open source font that seeks to eliminate these types of problems in 800 languages. The Noto font is now available for download.
Online Sources
Although this newly-released open source typeface works in 800 languages, there is often a need to find other creative ways of expressing yourself. Unique fonts show the personality of the author and provide a feel for events like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and many others.
Here are a few places where you can find new type:
- 1001 Fonts’ Classroom Fonts – A great variety for education such as the Kindergarten Primary font.
- Design Writing Research Free Fonts – A small collection of fonts.
- FontSpace – Find access to educational fonts, such as Pencilled, which displays as pencils laid end to end. Or the LA El2 font which will be instantly recognizable to classroom teachers.
- Search Free Fonts – Provides access to a large selection of fonts.
You can easily take advantage of these fonts to enrich your documents and printouts. Here are some ways you can get them set up on your device.
How to Add a TrueTypeFont (TTF) to Google Docs
Unfortunately, you cannot add typefaces you find at the websites above to Google Docs. Instead, you have to rely on Google’s built-in font selection. Here’s how to do that:
Step 1 – Go to the Font Drop Down Menu and Choose MORE FONTS at the bottom of the list.
Step 2 – Select the Fonts That Appeal to You. Once you have selected the font(s) you want to use, those will appear in your font list, represented by “My fonts.”
How to Add a TTF to Microsoft Windows
If you are on a Windows computer, follow these steps:
Import Fonts Into Google Docs
Step 1 – Save the font from the website. If it is in zip format, you will need to extract it (right-click on it and choose Extract All Files).
Step 2 – Open the Windows 10 → Windows → Fonts folder. Then drag the TTF font into the folder. You can easily find the folder by clicking in the search box (Cortana box), typing “fonts,” and then opening Fonts in the Control panel.
Conclusion
How To Put Fonts Into Google Docs
Take advantage of these knockout sources to create content that displays your personality and livens up your worksheets, handouts, newsletters, and more!