I downloaded some fonts, how do I install them so Adobe Illustrator can use them?

These are fonts that enable the use of letters and symbols not used in the english language. How do I install them and how do I use them? Meaning what keys do I punch to get an ';o'; with a (' comma) over it? Ctrl + o? How does that usually work?I downloaded some fonts, how do I install them so Adobe Illustrator can use them?
To answer your first question first, to install new fonts in Windows XP (i'm sorry I have no experience with Mac), use the following procedure:


Go to Control Panel, switch it to Classic View.


Double click on the Fonts. This opens a window with the C:\Windows\Fonts\ folder.


Now click on File %26gt; Install New Font


Use the Folders box to locate where you have saved your Fonts file.


The folder selected can contain multiple fonts and in that case select the font in the list that you want to add.


Click OK and your font can be used in any application, like Adobe Illustrator, but also in Word, Excel, Powerpoint.





I have included a link that I found that explains the procedure in screenshots.





For your second question, this depends, what kind of font is it? Is it a Unicode type font? Which language is it in? Have you installed the language on your computer? You are probably best of to get an answer to that question by providing more information and also post it in a forum of the language that you want to type.I downloaded some fonts, how do I install them so Adobe Illustrator can use them?
You put them in your fonts folder. If you have a mac, you are in luck. Windows has this awful system of using keypad numbers to access over asci 128. Or copy them from character map under system tools. A pain. I wrote a visual basic routine for the ones I use the most. Still a pain. Or you can modify your keyboard and get some help. Still a pain.