Installing fonts on a Mac

Mac Users: Upgrade to OS 9 Recommended!

We strongly recommend that you upgrade to OS 9 if you need foreign language fonts or are interested in multi-lingual computing, because... OS 9 includes language kits that previously were sold separately. It integrates language support to input, edit, display, and print many languages.

It is also compatible with existing WorldScript applications.

1. Download the font: either download directly from our web pages
2. After downloading, you will need to decompress and decode (i.e. "unstuff") the file in order to install it. You will need a program such as Stuffit Expander to do this. It can be downloaded from Aladdin System's web pages for free. Once Stuffit Expander is installed, it may automatically open up and "unstuff" any files you download. If not, just drag the file onto the Stuffit Expander icon.
3. Once you've "unstuffed" the file, you should find a folder with the font name on your desktop (or somewhere on your hard drive). Open it up, read any README files included, and then drag only the actual font file onto your closed System folder. The font file itself often looks like a suitcase, depending on the type of font. You can also open up the System folder and drag the font directly into your Fonts folder, if you prefer. All done installing.
4. To use the fonts in your browser, you need to do two things:
   • Under Edit - Preferences - Fonts : Set the fonts up so they are associated with an appropriate character set, and
   • Under View - Character Set : Choose the correct character set. See your browser's help menu for more details.

Installing Windows 95 and Windows NT fonts

   To install fonts under Windows 95 or NT follow this procedure:

1. Select the font that you want to install and download it to some temporary directory.
2. Unzip the file that you downloaded. In order to use the Windows font files here, you must have a utility to convert them to usable files. If you do not have a utility to unzip these files you may download the following shareware utility: WinZip for Windows 95 and Windows NT Download the file and then execute it.
3. Go to the "Start" menu and select "Settings" then "Control Panel".
4. Double-click on the "Fonts" folder.
5. Under the "File" menu, choose "Install New Font".
6. Go through the file directory listing until you find the directory of the file that you unzipped. There will be a listing of available fonts to add. You can choose one of these by clicking on it or you can use the "Select All" button.
7. Make sure the "Copy Fonts to Fonts Folder" check-box is checked. This will copy the fonts into your Fonts folder.
8. Click the "OK" button.
9. The font has been added and should be available to all of the programs.