| Name | Chicago Font |
| Style | Sans serif |
| Designer | Susan Kare |
| Font Licence | Free For Personal use. |
| Rating | Click to rate this post! [Total: 1 Average: 5] |
Chicago Font is a sans-serif typeface designed by Susan Kare for Apple Computer. It was used in the Macintosh operating system user interface between 1984 and 1997 and was an important part of Apple’s brand identity. It is also used in early versions of the iPod user interface. Chicago was initially a bitmap font; As the capabilities of the Apple operating system improved, Apple commissioned the type foundry, Bigelow & Holmes, to create a vector-based version of TrueType. The typeface is named after the American city of Chicago, following the theme of the original Macintosh fonts that are named after major cities in the world.
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How to Install Font
How to install a font under Windows?
- Extract the files you have downloaded.
Details: Click on the “Download” button, save the zip somewhere on your hard disk, go to the place where it is saved, double-click on the zip to open it, then either click on “Extract all files” or drag and drop the files elsewhere from the zip window (hold down the CTRL key to select several files at once)
For the 20th-century versions of Windows, you must install an unzip tool first.
- Under Windows 10/8/7/Vista
Select the font files (.ttf, .otf, or .fon) then Right-click > Install - Under any version of Windows
Place the font files (.ttf, .otf or .fon) into the Fonts folder, usually C:\Windows\Fonts or C:\WINNT\Fonts
(can be reached as well by the Start Menu > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Fonts).
Tip (for Windows XP/Vista, not Windows 7/8): If you occasionally need a font, you don’t need to install it. Just double-click on the .ttf file, and while the preview window is opened you can use it in most of the programs you’ll launch (apart from a few exceptions like OpenOffice).
How To Install a Font Under Mac OS?
Mac OS X recognizes TrueType and OpenType fonts (.ttf and .otf) but not the PC bitmap fonts (.fon).
Files are compressed, you may need a utility like Stuffit Expander.
- Under Mac OS X 10.3 or above (including the FontBook)
Double-click the font file > “Install font” button at the bottom of the preview. - Under any version of Mac OS X:
Put the files into /Library/Fonts (for all users),
or into /Users/Your_username/Library/Fonts (for you only).
How to install a font under Linux?
Copy the font files (.ttf or .otf) to fonts:// in the File Manager.
Or: Go into the /home folder, in the menu select View > Show Hidden Files, you will see the hidden folder .fonts (if not, create it) then copy the font files there.
Or: (under some Linux versions – Ubuntu for example) Double-click the font file > “Install font” button in the preview window.
