Before installing your Bright Ideas¨ fonts, first, check your system software version

Before you install your Bright Ideas¨ fonts,  you need to know the version number of System 7 you are using. To see the version number:

Click on the Menu Bar Apple
Select "About This Macintosh"
Note System Software number: 7.0, 7.1 or , 7.5

How to install Macintosh fonts

Installing TrueType Fonts (Recommended, if you do not use Adobe Type Manager)
Insert this disk in your CD-ROM drive. The Bright Ideas¨ window opens.

Find the Fonts icon and open (double click) it. You will see eight folders. 

Open the folder with the font name you want to install; each folder contains two sub-folders. (TrueType or Type 1). We recommend that you use TrueType if you do not use Adobe Type Manager.

Open the TrueType folder. You'll see a suitcase icon with an "A" and a shortened version of the font name. .

For System 7.X drag'n drop (click, hold the button down and move) the suitcase, from the folder on the CD-ROM to the System Folder. You'll see  this  message displayed: 

"Fonts need to be stored in the Fonts FolderÉ"

Select OK. The font is copied to the Fonts folder inside the System Folder.

 The font is now available. 


Installing Type 1 Fonts (Recommended, if you use Adobe Type Manager for high-end output services)
For System 7.1, and higher, Type 1 fonts, are installed the same way as TrueType fonts.

Please notice that TrueType fonts have only one icon;  Type 1 fonts have two, or sometimes three icons to a folder. Just  select all the icons that appear in any Type 1 folder and drag'n drop them on the System Folder.

System 7.0, has one important exception: the Type 1 printer icon needs to be manually moved to the Extensions Folder.

Moving The Type 1 Printer Icon  (System 7.0 users only)
drag'n drop all the font's icons onto the System Folder. After you see the message: "Fonts need to be stored in the Fonts Folder" and click OK , do this:

Open the System Folder ( double-click on it ) 
Locate the Fonts folder and open it.
Find the printer Icon for the font ( the one you just copied to the System Folder).
Drag'n drop the printer icon onto the Extensions Folder.

The font is now be available.

NOTE: Never Install a TrueType and Type 1 font with the same name.