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There are thousands of fonts available to download here. There are several different sources for download, as well. Software, or the Internet are the two main sources. With so many different styles of fonts to choose from, you might just find the perfect one for you. Once you've downloaded the font, now what? This guide will walk you through the process of adding and installation of your new font in Windows 7.

I found a blog post on adding custom font support to Windows Phone 7, but it didn’t quite work for me so I’m posting up the steps i took to get this working.

Windows Phone requires you to have your font in TrueType format (.ttf). If you have an Open Type Format (.otf) font they will not work, and you will need to get help converting them to ttf format.

Add the font files to your project, i’d recommend somewhere like /Resources/Fonts/CustomBold.ttf for example.

In Visual Studio, right click on the font file and select Properties. Ensure the Build Action is set to Content.

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