Specifications

When installing fonts in Font Book, the best method is to start with your original

font sources—typically CDs or DVDs—and add the fonts to Font Book using the All

Fonts menu. If you have graphics applications that you still use in Classic, it’s best to

add all of your fonts to the Classic location. If you have only Mac OS X applications,

then either choose Computer to make the fonts available to all users of that computer,

or choose User to make the fonts available only to the current user. Unless your

original sources contain a lot of duplicates, starting from the original source of the

fonts will reduce duplicate fonts and the risk of installing damaged fonts.

Selecting fonts in the Finder

To add a font to Font Book from the Finder, begin by viewing your available fonts in a

Finder window. Double-click the font you want to add. Font Book displays a preview

of the font. If the font you want to add is a PostScript font, be sure to double-click the

screen font, not the printer font. A pop-up menu above the font sample indicates the

available styles for that font.

Because PostScript fonts have both screen files (1) and printer files (2), you must click the screen

font’s suitcase to activate Font Book and add these fonts to your collection.

To install the selected font, click Install Font.

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