Welcome to the font installation guide.
You often see this beautiful font on pretty much every site about Evanescence. How do they do it ? Very simple:
The logo
is actually a font called "evanescent". It works like any other font, you just have to install it in order to use it.You first have to uncompress the download file and copy it into a folder in Windows where the other fonts you have are stored.
Uncompressing the file:
The font includes 3 files. This is why it is compressed: there is only one file to download and it reduces the size.
To uncompress the file evanescent.zip right-click and choose 'extract here' or 'extract files' and choose a destination folder.
Once uncompressed you can see 3 new files. They are called evanescent.ttf (True Type Font), evanescent.otf and evanescent_ms.otf .Those 3 files contain the uppercase and lowercase alphabets, the numbers and every possible font size. It's a bit like a toolbox...
Copying the files :
To install the files simply copy and paste them into C:\WINDOWS\Fonts. Once there they will install automatically. A gray install bar will confirm the installation.
This is now it! The font is installed and you can use it.
Possible problems :
You may have some problems installing the files
- The most common issue is the 'it doesn't work' ! In this case make sure you have downloaded the .zip file without any interruption, uncompress it in the right place and move the 3 files to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts.
- With earlier versions of Windows (95, 98, 2000), you may have to restart the computer once the installation is complete.
- Can't find C:\WINDOWS\Fonts ? Reconfigure files and folders options to display hidden files.
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