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April 30, 2006, Washington



Installation Guide


Note: The following is a guide for installing the Lumos font however it will work for any of the others.

Font Download List:

Lumos (Mac users click here)
Harry P (Mac users click here)
Parsletongue (Mac users click here)
Hogwarts Wizard* (Not compatible with Macs)
Magical Me (Mac users click here)

An asterix (*) means the link is currently inactive.

Note: Before wasting time and downloading the files. Make sure you are the administrator of your machine otherwise you will not be able to fully install the fonts.

1. Download Font (ex: 'lumos.zip').
If you haven't done so already, you can download Lumos by right-clicking (do a 'save as') on this link (or this one if the first one is giving you trouble). It's probably a good idea to save this file to a 'temp' folder (or 'incoming', or 'My Documents' -- whatever suits your fancy, providing you remember where you save it!) Lumos.zip is a compressed or 'zipped' file, which allows me to save two files in a smaller package. In this case, the files are lumos.ttf and readme.txt. In order to get the files out, you need a decompression utility, which leads us to step 2.


2. Download and Install a Decompression Utility.
You may already have one of these on your computer! But if you don't, you'll need a decompressing program to open the zipped file. A fairly common and easy to use one is WinZip. You can dowload an evaluation copy of it at their site. They will give you instructions on how to install it. If in doubt whether or not you have a decompression utility, download one.


3. UnZip lumos.zip
To do this, open WinZip (or whatever your unzipping program may be), and open the folder in which you saved lumos.zip way back in Step One. Then simply click and drag lumos.zip into the WinZip window. WinZip will reveal the files that are hidden in the zip file (lumos.ttf, readme.txt).


4. Extract lumos.ttf into your Fonts Folder.
There are two ways to do this, either will work . . .

  • Option A - While the WinZip window is still up, open up your Fonts folder (located in the Windows folder on your root drive, usually it's C:\WINDOWS\FONTS ). Then, click and drag 'lumos.ttf' from the WinZip window into the Fonts window. Taa-daa! You have installed a brand-spankin'-new font!


  • Option B - Click once on the 'lumos.ttf' file to highlight it. Now, click the nifty 'Extract' button in the WinZip toolbar. This will pull up a dialog box in which you will specify where you want to save lumos.ttf. You want to save it in your Fonts folder, which is located in the Windows directory on your root drive. (Sound familiar?) You may either type it in, or locate it using the nifty browsing window. When you've got that done, click 'extract'. Then *whizbang!* you have just installed your new font! Give yourself a pat on the back!

5. Try Using Lumos.
Open up a program you can use different fonts in, say a wordprocessing application or even a graphics program. Type some words in, then try to change the words to the Lumos font using the font attributes (or whatever that program calls what changes your font). If Lumos doesn't show up in the program yet, don't fret -- your application may just need a restart, so close out of it and re-open. Hopefully when all is said and done, Lumos will be up and running on your computer.


Text written by © Sarah McFalls (CarpeSaponem).

Note: The file name used in this guide is Lumos.zip but it is the same procedure with any of the other fonts. If you have any questions or if you are unsure about something, please email us and we'll get back to you ASAP.



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