Windows' facility for supporting TrueType fonts isn't really
matched by its facilities for managing them. While few
Windows users will have trouble keeping track of the few
dozen typefaces that come with Windows, there are
innumerable sources of much more interesting fonts.
If you install several hundred fonts in Windows, you'll
probably find that keeping track of them using nothing more
than the font management tools in the Windows control panel
will become taxing at best. Simply installing new fonts is
analogous to juggling live polecats in a dark room after
midnight. Remembering what all your installed fonts look
like is still more adventurous.
Font Wrangler is the font manager that should have come with
Windows. It will allow you to install and remove TrueType
fonts in batches; preview fonts before you install them;
browse downloaded font files; view font copyright
information; change the names of fonts to resolve naming
conflicts and print font "contact sheets." Its intuitive
user interface can be mastered by most potted plants and
some elected officials.