Install your downloaded font
After you download a font from MakeYourOwnFont.com, installation only takes a minute. Use this guide to install the TTF, then start using it in Canva, Figma, Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote, and other tools that support custom fonts.
Use the matching instructions below for the device where you want the font available.
Your font should now appear in apps like Word, Keynote, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other tools that read installed system fonts.
The font should now appear in Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Illustrator, and similar Windows software.
If you specifically need GoodNotes, use the detailed GoodNotes install guide.
Once the TTF is installed, it behaves like a normal font wherever custom fonts are supported.
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Word, PowerPoint, Keynote, and many other desktop apps typically show the font after installation.
Some web apps require the font to be uploaded inside the platform even if the TTF is already installed on your device.
Make sure the local font service or desktop helper is running, then refresh the file if the font does not appear immediately.
If the font does not appear where you expect, the issue is usually one of these.
Fully close and reopen the app. Many tools only scan installed fonts when they launch.
Canva usually needs the TTF uploaded inside Canva even after the font is installed locally.
Check that you are opening the actual .ttf file and not a zip, image, or renamed attachment.
That is normal. iPad installation includes a font installer app and a profile approval step before supported apps can use the font.
You download a standard TTF font file. That means it installs like a normal font on devices and apps that support custom fonts.
Yes, in tools that support installed or uploaded custom fonts. Desktop apps often read the installed system font directly. Web tools such as Canva may require uploading the TTF after download.
On iPad you usually install the TTF through a font installer app such as iFont or Fontcase, then approve the profile in Settings before the font becomes available in supported apps.
The most common causes are opening the wrong file, not restarting the app, or using a web app that needs a font upload instead of system installation.
Once you know how the install works, the fastest next step is to go back into Studio and keep drawing.
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