Instructions: Make sure all other windows are closed during this process.

1. The Font file is a .zip formatted file in which case you will need an unzipping program such as Winzip (www.winzip.com) to 'unzip' this program.

2. Save the .zip file in a temporary folder either on your desktop or some other location that you will be able to find it again.

3. Once saved, open the file. Your 'unzipping' program should initiate. You want to 'unzip' or 'extract' the file within the same folder as the zipped file. If you have Windows XP or Office XP, please see XP note at bottom of this section.

What should appear in your folder when this is completed should be these files:

Cherokee.afm
Full_Keyboard.gif
syllabary.gif
Keyboard.htm
Cherokee.inf
Readme.txt
Cherokee.TTF
Cherokee.pfm
CherokeeV1.zip (which should have already been there)

4. Copy the file "Cherokee.TTF" and go to your "Font" folder which is normally located in Windows/Winnt folder under your C: drive.

Before pasting the Cherokee.ttf file you need to make sure that you do not already have a file called 'Cherokee.ttf'. If you do not then simply paste. If you DO have the file then you will need to delete the file before 'pasting/installing' the Cherokee.ttf font in this folder.

NOTE: If you delete the Cherokee.ttf and you have created documents with this font, then you will have to correct the documents using this new official font.

XP NOTE: In all the new programs MSOffice etc; and with XP (all Editions) you have to go to control panel then go to the font directory. Open the directory and then go to file at the top left. Click on file then click on "install new font". A window will open and you have to go to the directory where you have unzipped the Cherokee font at. Highlight the font and then click ok. This will "Install" the font and make it available for all programs. You can no longer just move the font file to the font directory. It now has to be "installed"

Installing the Cherokee Font under Linux/Unix:

RedHat and YellowDog (and all RH variants):
- download the pc version of the font, unzip, and place the font file in /usr/share/fonts/TTF.
- in the TTF folder (in a terminal) as root:
               ttmkfdir > fonts.scale
               ln -s fonts.scale fonts.dir
               /sbin/service xfs restart

Mandrake Linux:
- use DrakFont (from Mandrake Control Center) to install the font.

Other *nix distributions:
- if using KDE, Kfontinst.
- OR use instructions for RH/YellowDog and if services or xfs is not available, simply restart your X server.

Once X or XFS have been restarted the font should be available system wide (KDE apps, X apps, OpenOffice/StarOffice, Gimp, etc.).