Deploy Fonts via Intune

This is a blog about how to deploy fonts via Intune. These fonts are not default available in Windows. I will show you how to deploy the fonts via a Win32App from Intune.

Prerequisites

Licenses to be able to deploy Windows 10 Autopilot machines. How do so you can follow my guide.

The IntuneWinAppUtility which you can download here.

Furthermore, you will need the font files. For example:

Preparation

For prepartion please create these files:

The “Open Sans Regular.ttf” can be your font ofcourse. Additionally, if you want to add more than 1 font you can add them here.

These files contain the following content:

Firstly, the install.cmd file:

Powershell.exe -Executionpolicy bypass -File InstallFonts.ps1

1	Powershell.exe -Executionpolicy bypass -File InstallFonts.ps1

Secondly, the InstallFonts.ps1 file:

if (!(Test-Path "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts")) {
    New-Item -Path C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts -ItemType Directory
}

Start-Transcript -Path "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts\Installfonts.log"

$FontFileName1 = "Open Sans Regular.ttf"

try{
    Write-Output "Font file '$FontFileName1' passed as argument"
    Write-Output "Copying item to: '$("$env:windir\Fonts\$FontFileName1")'"
    Copy-Item -Path "$PSScriptRoot\$FontFileName1" -Destination "$env:windir\Fonts" -Force -PassThru -ErrorAction Stop
    Write-Output "Creating item: 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\$FontFileName1'"
    New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" -Name $FontFileName1 -PropertyType String -Value $FontFileName1 -Force
}catch{
    Write-Error $_
}

Stop-Transcript

if (!(Test-Path "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts")) {

New-Item -Path C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts -ItemType Directory

}

Start-Transcript -Path "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts\Installfonts.log"

$FontFileName1 = "Open Sans Regular.ttf"

try{

Write-Output "Font file '$FontFileName1' passed as argument"

Write-Output "Copying item to: '$("$env:windir\Fonts\$FontFileName1")'"

Copy-Item -Path "$PSScriptRoot\$FontFileName1" -Destination "$env:windir\Fonts" -Force -PassThru -ErrorAction Stop

Write-Output "Creating item: 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\$FontFileName1'"

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" -Name $FontFileName1 -PropertyType String -Value $FontFileName1 -Force

}catch{

Write-Error $_

}

Stop-Transcript

If you have added more fonts please add a “foreach” loop to deploy every font.

Lastly, this is the content of the Uninstall.cmd file:

del /f "C:\Windows\Fonts\Open Sans Regular.ttf"

1	del /f "C:\Windows\Fonts\Open Sans Regular.ttf"

Packaging

Open up Powershell and run the IntuneWinAppUtil.

If you haven’t download the IntuneWinAppUtil, you can do so here.

Use the following parameters within the IntuneWinAppUtil: