Downloading Fonts
Extracting
them
Where to
put them
Using new
fonts
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Font
Mania 101 - How to download...
First off... Downloading the fonts on Font Mania is quite simple...
1. Left Click on the desired fonts graphic.
2. A menu will pop up asking what to do with the file, open? or save?
Click on save to disk.
3. Another menu will pop up asking where do you want to put it? Put it in
a directory that you will be able to find easy at a later time. I suggest creating a
folder called "New Fonts" on your desktop.
4. Save the .zip files as the original name. This saves any hassles later
on.
5. When the file is finished downloading, a menu will pop up saying its
done. Click "OK".
That's all there is to it!
Now proceed to extracting the .Zip files below.
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Font
Mania 102 - Extracting them
Extracting the .Zip files into TTP fonts is also quiet easy. However
you'll need a file called WINZIP in order to extract them.
Click
Here to Download the WIN95 version of WINZIP
Click
Here to Download the WIN 3.x version of WINZIP
Click
Here to Download the DOS only version of PKZIP
All 3 versions of WINZIP (Pkzip) are self extracting and easy to set up.
Just follow the installation wizard for each and read the read me file that comes with
them.
OK... Lets get on with extracting them...
1. If you have WINZIP just double click the fontmania.zip file icon. This
will automatically start the WINZIP program.
2. Highlight the files inside the WINZIP and click extract.
3. It will ask you where you want to put them. Place them in a separate
folder. I suggest using one called "Extracted Zips".
4. Do so for each fontmania.zip you have.
5. Remember to read the Read Me files that come with the fonts. They have
important creator information on them, such as payment for commercial use, other fonts
they've created, and possibly special instructions on how to install the font.
Now your ready to put them where they belong... continue on to the next
step below...
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Font
Mania 103 - Where to put them
After you have your nice stockpile of fonts unzipped, you'll need a home
for them.
1. Open your "My Computer" icon at the top left corner of your
desktop.
2. Click on your Hard drive.
3. Click on the Windows folder.
4. Lastly, click on the Fonts folder.
5. Now... open the folder that has your new fonts in it.
6. You can do this next step 2 ways, either highlight the new fonts and
drag them to the windows/fonts folder, or highlight them all and select edit/copy from the
toolbar, and then paste them into the windows/fonts folder.
7. This is the important part. In the windows/fonts folder, click view and
then refresh on the menu toolbar. If you don't do this, the new fonts won't appear in any
programs.
8. Lastly, If you had a word processor or graphics program open, you will
need to close that program and restart it in order for the new fonts to be usable.
That's all there is to getting the fonts from Font Mania! Now for a few
pointers on how to use them... Continue on below...
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Font
Mania 104 - Using new fonts
Now that you have a few dozen new fonts on your computer, what to do now?
Well there's numerous uses for them. Creating graphics, webpages, and word processor
documents are a start. There are a few things to remember though. When you create webpages
that contain special fonts, the browser wont see the font, if they don't have it installed
on their computer. Thus the need for graphics. For example; the following statement is
created using a font called ACIDIC...
ACIDIC IS A COOL FONT
If you don't have the Acidic font on your computer, then all you'll see is
the default browser font, New Times Roman. To get around this, you'll need to create a
graphic with the typing on it instead.
Now you can see the font. This same principle applies for word documents,
or other files that use special fonts. If the end user doesn't have the font on their
computer, they won't see the font when they get it. There is some revolutionary things
happening in the computer industry that is trying to fix this problem. Embedding fonts
into documents, and having server resident fonts is in the works from Microsoft. Within
the next few years, any document you create will have the exact font that you created it
with. Until then, the need to exchange fonts will be necessary. If you have a favored
font, give the person the address to get the font themselves (Here at Font Mania for instance,
hint hint... ;) or place it in the package you are sending them, and tell them they need
to install the font.
Well, that's about all the info I can give out now...
You are now a graduate of the School of Font Maniacs! Go get them Fonts!
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