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.

Languages include Arabic and Persian, Cyrillic (Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian), Central European (Polish, Hungarian, Czech), Indic (Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi), Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and simplified and traditional Chinese.

1. Download the font: either download directly from our web pages, or use an ftp client such as Fetch.

   If using an ftp client, the address is ylcftp.uoregon.edu, username: anonymous or leave blank, NO password. Once you have logged in, go in to the fonts folder and find the language and file you need. Macintosh font files normally end in ".sit" or ".hqx".

   If you have problems downloading from our font archive, see "Problems Downloading Fonts" on our main Font Help page.

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:
   1. Under Edit - Preferences - Fonts : Set the fonts up so they are associated with an appropriate character set, and
      
   2. Under View - Character Set : Choose the correct character set.

   See your browser's help menu for more details.

If the instructions above didn't answer your questions, we recommend trying:

• Links to other Font Sites - some of the font sites listed on this page have a great deal of information that may prove useful.
• An Internet Search - for "installing Macintosh fonts" or other key words.

We offer the Font Archives as a free service and unfortunately do not have paid staff to devote to technical support. As much as we'd like to help, if you email us with questions about installing and using fonts on your machine, we may not be able to get back to you with an answer.