A customer wants a MS Fairwater font available in Office 365, however in LB it does not have it in the fonts. Anyone know how I can import all MS fonts into LB?
I’m guessing that you’re talking about the Fairwater Script font that’s available as a “cloud font” in MS Office:
This doesn’t appear to be actually installed when you opt to download it in an Office app so wouldn’t be available to applications outside of Office 365. The font was originally designed by Laura Worthington, and appears to be available via Adobe or directly from her for $29 here. It might also be available from other sources.
Hope this helps.
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When you install a new font in windows. Make sure you right click on the font file and select “Install for All Users” otherwise it will not show up in Lightburn.
Here’s the Fairwater Script Font
Download this file. Then remove the .txt from the end of the file name.
This is a zip file so you will need to extract the files
Then right click on the extracted file and select “Install for All Users” It will now be available for Lightburn
fairwater-script_freefontdownload_org.zip.txt (36.6 KB)
PS: There is no way to import MS fonts to Lightburn. The only way i know of is to reinstall each font you want in lightburn with the Install for All Users Setting. Lightburn doesnt have its own fonts, it only shows you the fonts installed in windows with the Install for All Users setting
There’s a nice free program you can install called nexusfont Manager. When you run it it will show you a list of all the fonts installed in windows.
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How can one easily determine if a particular typeface has been installed for all users or installed only for the logged-in user? Will NexusFont manage this?
That font looks quite different to the one available in MS 365. In addition the website states that this is not for commercial use.
To tell if a Windows font is for all users, check its location: fonts in C:\Windows\Fonts (or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts) are system-wide, while those in C:\Users\<YourUser>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts are user-specific
Also, if the font is installed in windows but you don’t see it in Lightburn then it wasn’t installed for all users. Most standard fonts that are loaded when windows was created should be available for all users . If this font says not for commercial use then dont use it
Far as i know Nexusfont doesnt know which fonts are suer specific
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I followed your instructions and installed for lll users, restarted. LB Still does see the font so I tried again and it pops up already installed do you want to overwrite. so its there LB just doesn’t see it.
Thanks for your help though.
Don’t know. This has always worked for me. Make sure your search the entire list. Sometimes fonts are not in the list in the order you would expect
Seems like this is a special font. I tried installing it and yes it doesnt show up in lightburn, But if i open a word document and type something then try try to select it there is a little cloud next to it. If i click on the cloud the font downloads and is usable in work but not shown in Lightburn.
Here’s the explanation on that
The cloud icon next to fonts in Windows (usually within Microsoft Office apps like Word, PowerPoint) means they are Cloud Fonts** hosted by Microsoft, available to subscribers**; they download automatically when you select them, ensuring consistent document appearance across devices without needing full installation, but require an internet connection for the initial download. They’re stored in a special Office cache, not the main Windows font folder, keeping your main system clean but sometimes making them inaccessible to other programs like Adobe.
Try this. Take a picture of your font and use this program to try and identify it
You should find it in the font list under the name “Script” rather than “Fairwater Script”. This still isn’t anything like the Fairwater Script font in MS 365 though.
I might suggest more than $30 has been spent trying to provide a solution for a customer willing to pay. I would offer the customer a choice. If I use a font that you want, you pay the license fee for that font. If you are willing to use a close one that I already have, no additional charge. 
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Sounds reasonable. I have customers that want a specific color that i don’t have, and i have a ton of colors. I tell them to go to home depot and pick out the color they want, buy the paint and bring it to me.
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I took a look at another machine and there is a Fairwater Script font already in MS Word. But its one of these cloud fonts so it will not be available to other programs
Thanks for that information. I found I had only three typefacesin my user folder and it was a simple matter to right click on each and select Install for all users. Just recently, LightBurn told me it was not able to find one of those three typefaces. Now I’m not sure if it was on this machine, which would make no sense, or on my laser connected computer, but I have a clearer understanding, thank you.