User Guide

Installing PostScript fonts in NEXTSTEP
You can install your fonts in one of 2
places: “~/Library/Fonts” or “~/LocalLibrary/Fonts” (the
tilde denotes your home directory). Installing fonts
into “~/Library/Fonts” will make these fonts accessible only
to you, while installing fonts into “/LocalLibrary/Fonts” will
allow anyone using the workstation to access them.
1. Quit all open applications that use fonts. Otherwise,
currently running applications won’t see the newly
installed fonts.
2. If you are going to install your fonts
into “~/Library/Fonts,” log in as yourself.
If you are going to install your font
into “/LocalLibrary/Fonts,” you must have access to that
directory, which usually means you have to log in as ‘root’.
3. Create a new folder in the Fonts directory and
move both the PostScript and “.afm” files into it.
4. Change the name of the folder to the name of the
font, and add a “.font” extension. If you named your
font “MyCondensedLight-Italic” then you should
name your folder “MyCondensedLight-Italic.font.” Its
icon will change to a font file icon once you name
it and press “Return.”
Now your path should
read: “~/Library/Fonts/MyCondensedLight-Italic.font.” Or,
if you’re choosing the local library, it should
read: “~/LocalLibrary/Fonts/MyCondensed-LightItalic.font.”
5. If you are installing your font into “~/Library/Fonts,”
you can install your font simply by launching any
application that uses fonts. This will automatically
load the fonts. Continue to step number 6 if you’re
installing into “/LocalLibrary/Fonts.”
6. If you are going to install your font
into “/LocalLibrary/Fonts,” you will need to launch
the Terminal application and complete the
following steps:
Type: “buildafmdir” followed by the correct path to your
fonts: “buildafmdir/LocalLibrary/ Fonts.”
Fontographer User's Manual
9: Installing and Removing Fonts Page #13