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:

if not exist "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts" md "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts"
robocopy . *.ttf C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts
Powershell.exe -Executionpolicy bypass -File InstallFonts.ps1

if not exist "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts" md "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts"

robocopy . *.ttf C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts

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"
 $FontstoInstall = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts\ | Where-Object Name -Like "*.ttf"
 foreach ($FontFile in $FontstoInstall){
     try{
         Write-Output "Font file '$($FontFile.Name)' passed as argument"
         Write-Output "Copying item to: '$("$env:windir\Fonts\$($FontFile.Name)")'"
         Copy-Item -Path "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts\$($FontFile.Name)" -Destination "$env:windir\Fonts" -Force -PassThru -ErrorAction Stop
         Write-Output "Creating item: "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\$($FontFile.Name)""
         New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts' -Name $($FontFile.Name) -PropertyType String -Value $($FontFile.Name) -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"

$FontstoInstall = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts\ | Where-Object Name -Like "*.ttf"

foreach ($FontFile in $FontstoInstall){

try{

Write-Output "Font file '$($FontFile.Name)' passed as argument"

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

Copy-Item -Path "C:\ProgramData\InstallFonts\$($FontFile.Name)" -Destination "$env:windir\Fonts" -Force -PassThru -ErrorAction Stop

Write-Output "Creating item: "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts\$($FontFile.Name)""

New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts' -Name $($FontFile.Name) -PropertyType String -Value $($FontFile.Name) -Force

}catch{

Write-Error $_

}

Stop-Transcript

Lastly, this is the content of the Uninstall.ps1 file:

$FontstoInstall = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ProgramData\FontsToInstall\ | Where-Object Name -Like "*.ttf"

foreach ($FontFile in $FontstoInstall){

    Remove-Item -Path C:\Windows\Fonts\$FontFile -Force
}

$FontstoInstall = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ProgramData\FontsToInstall\ | Where-Object Name -Like "*.ttf"

foreach ($FontFile in $FontstoInstall){

Remove-Item -Path C:\Windows\Fonts\$FontFile -Force

}

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: