Installing Fonts

Microsoft Windows XP or Vista

  1. Download the Languagegeek fonts you wish to use for your language. For the sake of these instructions I am assuming you are downloading and saving to your desktop.
  2. All fonts from this site are stored in ZIP archive files. This means, you have to unzip the file you saved to your desktop. Unzipping instructions.
  3. Depending on which font package you downloaded, there may be one or more actual font files in the zip folder. Each regular, italic, bold, and bold-italic font needs a separate file.
  4. From the Start menu, choose Control Panel → Fonts. This will open up your Fonts window. Listed here will be every font installed on your computer.
  5. Drag and drop the font from your desktop into the Fonts folder. The fonts have now been installed!

Mac OS X

  1. Download the Languagegeek fonts you wish to use for your language. For the sake of these instructions I am assuming you are downloading and saving to your desktop.
  2. All fonts from this site are stored in ZIP archive files. This means, you have to unzip the file you saved to your desktop. If you’re using Safari, the file should unzip automatically during the download process. Other browsers will save the zipped file to your desktop. Simply double click the icon and it will unzip into a new folder on your desktop. Open that folder to find the font files.
  3. Many Mac users have special font management systems they prefer. If this is the case, you already know how to install fonts.
  4. For those that do not have a font management system, double click on a font file. This will open up a window showing an example of the font. Click on the button Install Font. Do the same for each font in the folder you downloaded.

Font Smoothing

Windows XP, by default, has Font Smoothing turned off. makes the fonts on screen clearer. Enabling smoothing will make your on-screen fonts easier to read.

If you are having problems viewing the language properly, please download and install one of the languagegeek fonts.
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Last Modified: 29-Jan-2009