Using the Logo

Minion Font

All Smithsonian logos use the font "Minion." The Institution has purchased this font under a site license agreement with Adobe Systems.

More information about using the Minion typeface is available on this Web site.

To use a Smithsonian logo, you must download and install the logo font "Minion."

Minion font for PC

	TruType Minion font (PC) for office printing equipment
	PostScript Minion font (PC) for commercial printing companies

Minion font for Mac

	TruType Minion font (Mac) for office printing equipment
	PostScript Minion font (Mac) for commercial printing companies

Important: Minion and Minion Bold are two different font faces. They will appear as separate selectable fonts. If you want to have text appear bold, you will have to select the font Minion Bold rather than just making the Minion text "bold." Minion Italic is not a selectable font; you will be able to use the Italics button within your software to italicize text.

TruType versus PostScript fonts: PostScript fonts produce a higher-quality printout than TruType fonts. They are designed to be used with PostScript printers.

Adobe Type Manager is a font utility that generates high-quality screen fonts by letting you print PostScript fonts on non-PostScript printers. It requires about 1.5 MB of hard-disk space.

TruType Minion Fonts (PC)

Download instructions

Right click on the first hyperlink below. In "Save As" dialog box, click on the filename and Save. Be sure the filename extension is .ttf. This filename extension is critical for the font to work.

For Windows 95/98 or 3.11, save the .ttf file to the folder c:/windows/fonts.

For Windows NT, save the .ttf file into the folder c:/winnt/fonts.

After saving the first .ttf file, repeat these instructions for the second and third hyperlinks.
Download: Minion Regular TrueType Font (PC)
Minion Bold TrueType Font (PC)
Minion Italic TrueType Font (PC)

Install

Your word-processing program will automatically find the fonts and make them available.

PostScript Minion Fonts (PC)

Download instructions

Necessary Software:

To install PostScript fonts, you must have installed on your computer:

Software to unzip files containing
PostScript fonts

Download an evaluation version of WinZip.

Adobe Type Manager, lite version

ATM lite for Windows 95/98

ATM lite for Windows NT

Install it on your computer. Adobe Type Manager (ATM) is a font utility that generates high-quality screen fonts from Type I outline font programs, that lets you print Type I fonts on non-Postscript printers. It requires about 1.5Mb of hard-disk space.

The Font:

Left click on hyperlink below. In "Save As" dialog box, click on the filename and Save file into your c:/windows/temp or c:/winnt/temp folder.
PostScript Minion fonts, contained in Zip file

Unzip the fonts into the folder
c:/psfonts/Minion fonts.

Install

Install the fonts using Adobe Type Manager (ATM) software.

In Windows, click on Start... Programs... Adobe... Adobe Type Manager.

The tab marked Fonts should already be selected.

The default subdirectory is c:/psfonts.
Highlight Minion, Minion Italic and Minion Bold in the left column.

Click the Add button. When finished, close the window.

TruType Minion Fonts (Mac)

Download instructions

Download and save the following file to your hard drive.

Download Minion Fonts for Macs

When you have finished downloading, double click on the filename and it will automatically decompress.

This file contains three PostScript files and three TruType files. Put them into your System/Fonts file folder.

Install

To install the Minion fonts on the Macintosh.
Drag the files that are in the Minion folder, not the folder itself, to the System folder. The Mac will put them in the proper place for you to use them.

PostScript Minion Fonts (Mac)

Download instructions

Download and save the following file to your hard drive.

Download Minion Fonts for Macs

When you have finished downloading, double click on the filename and it will automatically decompress.

This contains three PostScript files and three TruType files. Put them into your System/Fonts file folder.

PostScript fonts can be used on both PostScript and non-PostScript printers by using Adobe Type Manager. If you do not have Adobe Type Manager installed, download and install Acrobat Reader (below). The Acrobat Reader software installs a lite version of ATM on your machine.

Download Acrobat Reader

For those who do not wish to do this, intstall the Minion TruType font instead.

Install

To install the Minion fonts on the Macintosh.
Drag the files that are in the Minion folder, not the folder itself, to the System folder. The Mac will put them in the proper place for you to use them.