FONT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR MACINTOSH

    Download the IranWeb2 font and install it in your MacIntosh operating system X by following these instructions: 

     

    Installing the font in System X

    1. Make sure you have a software on your machine capable of uncompressing ZIP files.
    2. Download the font by clicking on this link (iranweb2-dfont.zip).
    3. A file named IranWeb2.dfont should appear on your desktop.  
    4. Double click on this file, and a window should open in FontBook displaying the font.  
    5. Check the drop-down menu and be sure that you have four flavors: regular, italic, bold, bold italic.  
    6. Click on Install.  
    7. Open your browser and go to the Iranica home page, select General Preferences, select fonts, for the proportional fonts choose IranWeb2, and press OK.  
    Go to any article and you will see the proper dicritics in all the Encyclopedia pages. Now you may go and enjoy this wealth of information. (Note, when you revisit this site, if you have subsequently chosen another proportional width font, you will only perform step 6 to be able to read the text properly.)

     

    Installing the font in System 9.x

    1. Make sure you have a software on your machine capable of uncompressing ZIP files.
    2. Download the font by clicking on this link (iranweb2-suit.zip) or this link(Tar Gzip Format).
    3. Once the file is downloaded and decompressed, make sure you have a file called iranweb2.suit on your desktop. If it is called iranweb2.suit.1, rename it to iranweb2.suit. 
    4. Drag the suitcase file (iranweb2.suit) containing your font to the font folder and release the mouse button. 
    5. Everytime you start Netscape and come to the Iranica page, select Netscape or Options, select General Preferences, select fonts, choose user defined in the box titled, "For the Encoding", for the proportional fonts choose IranWeb2, and press OK. 
    6. Select Options, set encoding to user defined. 
    You will see the proper dicritics in all the Encyclopedia pages. Now you may go and enjoy this wealth of information. (Note, when you revisit this site, you should only perform steps 5 and 6 to be able to read the text properly.)
     

     

    Installing the font in System 7.1 and up to 8.x

    1. Download the font by clicking on this link (iranweb2.suit.hqx).
    2. Once the file is downloaded and decompressed, make sure you have a file called iranweb2.suit on your desktop. If it is called iranweb2.suit.1, rename it to iranweb2.suit. 
    3. Quit all open programs.You can't make changes to the System file while programs that use fonts are open. 
    4. Drag this suitcase file (iranweb2.suit) containing your font on top of the System folder and release the mouse button. The System will ask you if you want to install the fonts. 
    5. Click "OK" to start the installation process. The System incorporates your suitcase file and installs your fonts. The font name will appear in the font menu. 
    6. Everytime you start Netscape and come to the Iranica page, select Options, select General Preferences, select fonts, choose user defined in the box titled, "For the Encoding", for the proportional fonts choose IranWeb2, and press OK. 
    7. Select Options, set encoding to user defined. 
    You will see the proper dicritics in all the Encyclopedia pages. Now you may go and enjoy this wealth of information. (Note, when you revisit this site, you should only perform steps 5 and 6 to be able to read the text properly.)

    Installing the font in System 7.0.x 

    1. Download the font by clicking on this link (iranweb2.suit.hqx).
    2. Once the file is downloaded and decompressed, make sure you have a file called iranweb2.suit on your desktop. If it is called iranweb2.suit.1, rename it to iranweb2.suit. 
    3. Quit all open programs.You can't make changes to the System file while programs that use fonts are open. 
    4. Drag this suitcase file (iranweb2.suit) containing your font on top of the System folder and release the mouse button. The System will ask you if you want to install the fonts. 
    5. Click "OK" to start the installation process. The System incorporates your suitcase file and installs your fonts. The font name will appear in the font menu. 
    6. Everytime you start Netscape and come to the Iranica page, select Options, select General Preferences, select fonts, choose user defined in the box titled, "For the Encoding", for the proportional fonts choose IranWeb2, and press OK. 
    7. Select Options, set encoding to user defined. 
    NOTE: When you install a font into System 7.0, your suitcase file is deleted from the folder. There is no easy way to make it into a suitcase again. If you need to install the same font on another computer, you should hold down the Option key while you drag the font file over the System folder.