Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

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Fonts and Font Management

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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 doesn’t support bitmapped fonts; it supports only TrueType, OpenType, and PostScript Level 1 fonts.

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→Appearance→“Turn off text smoothing for font sizes x and smaller” (Eight points is the default setting).

Create a Font Collection?

Applications→Font Book→File→New Collection (-N)type in a name for the new collection (such as BookFonts)hit Return→click on All Fonts at the top of the Collection column→select the fonts you want to add to your collectiondrag the fonts to your collection

Where are my Font Collections stored, in case I want to share them with another user?

They are stored in /Users/ username/Library/FontCollections.

If you want to share a collection, ...