How To Download The Jig Font Puzzles
To speed up downloads, The Jig Fonts are supplied as compressed .zip files.
The files are supplied with a filename like JF_filename.zip
and when decompressed the filename will look like JF_filename.ttf
(where filename is the name of the Jig Font).
 Windows
/ PC Users
You will need a program such as WinZip
to decompress (unzip) the Jig Font file. When you have a program installed to decompress
.zip files, you can click on the Jig Font link and choose to 'Save as..' or 'Open' the file directly.
Unzip the font into your Fonts folder.
 Mac Users
You will need a program such as ZipIt
to decompress (unzip) the Jig Font file. When you have a program installed to decompress
.zip files, you can click on the Jig Font link and choose to 'Save as..' or 'Open' the file directly.
Save the file onto your computer.
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How to install fonts
Windows
/ PC Users
Saving the decompressed font into your fonts folder (normally
located in your Windows folder) should install the font. If you
cannot find the font listed when you open a word processor, the
easiest thing is to re-start you computer and the font will be
installed. Alternatively, you can open Control Panel (Windows)
and then open the Fonts folder and install the font from there.
See your computer's help files for more information.
Mac Users
Once you have unzipped the Jig Font file, you will then need to convert the font to Mac
format. To do this you can use a program such as ttconverter.hqx.
Click here to download this program.
Then, locate the font (e.g. JF_fontname.ttf) and drag
it onto the TTConverter app. This will create a font suitcase.
Move the font suitcase into the Fonts folder, inside your System
Folder.
You may need to close and re-start any programs which uses fonts
before you see the new font.
This should install the font, but if you cannot find it when
you open a word processor the easiest thing is to re-start you
computer and the font will be installed.
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How To Do The Puzzles
 To
do the complete puzzle, the best thing to do is to open up a
new document in your favourite word processor and change the
font to the name of the puzzle you want to do. You may also want
to change the size of the font so that the pieces are easier
to see.
Type out the letters that the font puzzle consists of.
Then start trying to piece the picture together by cutting
(Ctrl + X) and pasting (Ctrl + V) the characters from your typed
list onto a new line. Cut and Paste can also be selected from
the 'Edit' menu or by right clicking on the piece you want to
cut.
Remember that the characters will behave just like any other
font in a word processor - you'll need to press the enter key
to start a new line and if you delete or add a character it will
move other pieces on the same line.
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