Mac OS X in a Nutshell

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Fonts and Font Management

Synopsis

Share fonts with other users on my system?

If you are the administrator, move the font from /Users/ username /Library/Fonts to /Library/Fonts.

Where can I store new fonts I’ve purchased or downloaded from the Internet?

Save them to /Users/ username /Library/Fonts for your personal use, or to /Library/Fonts to allow everyone on the system access to them.

Why aren’t my bitmap fonts working?

Mac OS X does not support bitmapped fonts—it supports only TrueType, OpenType, and PostScript Level 1 fonts.

Make my Mac OS X fonts available in Classic Applications?

Open two Finder windows. In Window #1, go to Mac OS 9 → System Folder → Fonts; in Window #2, go to Mac OS X → Library → Fonts. In Window #2, select all of the Fonts (

-A), then Option-drag the Mac OS X fonts into the Mac OS 9 Fonts folder in Window #1.

What does the .dfont extension mean on some of my Mac OS X fonts?

The extension stands for "Data Fork TrueType Font.” Basically, this just tells you that this is a TrueType font.

Turn off font antialiasing?

You can’t, but you can adjust the minimum font size to be affected by font smoothing in System Preferences → General → “Turn off text smoothing for font sizes x and smaller” (8 points is the default setting).

Create a Font Collection?

In TextEdit, go to Format → Font → Font Panel (

-T), and select Edit Collection from the pull-down menu at the bottom ...