Specifications

Dragging and dropping
Adding fonts from the Finder is an easy way to install a new collection. You can drag
a folder containing fonts into the Collection list in Font Book.
When you drag one folder to the list, the new collection maintains the name of the
top-level directory. Fonts installed in this manner are always installed in the User
fonts folder. For example, if you drag a folder for WarnockPro into the Collection list,
you will see a new font set in Font Book called WarnockPro.
If you drag two or more folders, Font Book combines the directories into one set
and assigns a new name. Note that creating collections by dragging folders from
the Finder rather than selecting fonts from the font list may result in duplicate fonts
being added to Font Book. (See the “Duplicate fonts” section on page 19 for tips on
how to handle this situation.)
Using this method only installs the font; it does not create a collection. You can then
create a collection and add the font to it.
Previewing fonts
Once a font is installed, you can preview it in different ways from the Preview menu
in Font Book:
• Sample. Shows the font using a standard alphabetical list of characters.
• Repertoire. Shows the entire list of characters available in the font.
• Custom. Shows what a custom string of text looks like in the font. This option allows
you to type in the preview window.
• Classic. If you have the Classic environment installed on your Mac OS X system, this
option is displayed.
In all font preview modes, you can zoom in and out to view a font in a wide range
of sizes.
There are three ways to view the selected font: custom, repertoire, and sample.
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