8. Update Legacy Fonts
If you’re not new to the Mac, you may have a few old font favorites, or even a vast collection that you have no intention of giving up. But there are a few things you must do and a few things you should do to use your old fonts in Mac OS X.
First, though, a little stroll down memory lane: Beginning in System 7, bitmapped and TrueType fonts were stored in the system’s Fonts folder either as single-font files or grouped in suitcases. The suitcases frequently held several—or many—different font families, because the system had a limit to the number of font files that could be open at one time; stuffing a suitcase was the way to get at lots of fonts with only one file open. Bitmapped and TrueType fonts were often mixed in a ...
Get Real World Mac OS X Fonts now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
