Installing and Using Your Font

Once you've downloaded your font, here's how to get it working on your device and in your favourite apps.

Mac

  1. Double-click the TTF file
  2. A preview window opens showing the font
  3. Click Install Font in the bottom-right corner

The font is now installed system-wide. It will appear in the font picker in any Mac app: Word, Pages, Keynote, Affinity, and so on. You may need to restart open applications before the font appears.

Windows

  1. Right-click the TTF file
  2. Select Install (installs for your account only) or Install for all users (installs system-wide)

The font appears in any Windows application after installation.

iPad and iPhone

iOS and iPadOS don't allow fonts to be installed directly from Files. You need a font installer app.

FontCase and AnyFont are both reliable options, available on the App Store for a small charge.

  1. Download the TTF file from FontCraft to your Files app
  2. Open FontCase or AnyFont
  3. Import the font file
  4. Follow the in-app steps to install the font profile

Once installed, the font appears across all apps on your device, including Procreate, Canva, Pages, and Keynote.

[SCREENSHOT: AnyFont or FontCase screen showing the install steps for a custom font file]

Using Your Font in Popular Apps

Canva

Canva supports custom fonts on the Pro plan. Go to Brand Kit, find the Fonts section, and upload your TTF file. The font then appears in the font picker across all your Canva designs.

On the free Canva plan, custom fonts are not supported. Upload a design to Canva Pro or ask about their team plans.

Procreate

Once you've installed the font using a font manager (see iPad steps above), it appears automatically in Procreate's text tool under Fonts. No extra steps needed.

Alternatively, open the TTF file from Files and share it to Procreate directly; Procreate can import fonts this way on some versions.

Microsoft Word

Install the font on your Mac or Windows machine (see above) and it appears in Word's font list automatically. No other steps needed.

Google Docs

Google Docs uses Google Fonts, not locally installed fonts. To use a custom font in Google Docs, you'd need to use a third-party extension like Extensis Fonts or upload the font to a service that bridges local fonts to Docs.

For most document work, using the font in Word or Pages (where local fonts just work) is the simpler path.

Using on a Website

Use the WOFF2 format. In your CSS:

@font-face {
  font-family: 'MyHandwriting';
  src: url('/fonts/my-handwriting.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: 'MyHandwriting', sans-serif;
}

Upload the WOFF2 file to your server or hosting platform, update the path in the CSS, and your handwriting appears on your website.

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