GROENING is a font widely available on the net that nicely emulates the handwriting of Matt Groening, the creator of "The Simpsons" and the comic "Life in Hell". Unfortunately, the font only contains the capital letters A - Z and the digits 0 - 9. No lower case letters, no period, no comma, no ampersand, no punctuation whatsoever. I took this font and added Groening-esque lower case, punctuation, and many other characters. Because I wanted this font to appear near the top of my alphabetically arranged font list, I renamed it AKBAR. If you download this font, I like getting compliments.

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Download the AKBAR TrueType font for Windows (compressed zip file)

Download the AKBAR TrueType font for Macintosh (stuffed and BinHexed suitcase file)

O.K., I've downloaded the font. Now what do I do?

• Macintosh Users: After de-BinHex-ing, and de-stuffing, just drag and drop the resulting font suitcase into the "Fonts" folder within the "System" folder. Please be sure to read the "README" file.

• Windows 95, 98 & ME Users: After un-zipping the TrueType font, simply drag and drop the resulting file "akbar.ttf" into any folder except the "Windows\Fonts" folder. Open Control Panel. Open the Fonts applet. From the "File" drop down menu, select "Install New Font..." Navigate to the folder in which you extracted "akbar.ttf", select it and click "OK." Please be sure to read the "README " file.

• Windows 3.1 Users: After un-zipping the TrueType font, copy the resulting file "akbar.ttf" into the "Windows\System" directory. Open Control Panel. Open the Fonts applet. Click on "Add...". If the Directories panel is not showing you to be in the "Windows\System" directory, navigate to it now. A List of Fonts should appear, including one called "Akbar Plain". Select "Akbar Plain". Make sure that the "Copy Fonts to Windows Directory" box is not checked. Choose "close"and then choose "close". You may have to restart Windows before the font will work. Please be sure to read the "README " file.

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