Font Book User Guide
Use Font Book preferences to change options for where fonts are installed and how duplicates are handled. To change these preferences in the Font Book app on your Mac, choose Font Book > Preferences.
Change Font Book preferences on Mac. Use Font Book preferences to change options for where fonts are installed and how duplicates are handled. To change these preferences in the Font Book app on your Mac, choose Font Book Preferences. You can install fonts from a location on your Mac (or a network you’re connected to), or download additional system fonts right in the Font Book window. Fonts that you can download are dimmed in the font list. In the Font Book app on your Mac, do any of the following. On the Mac you use the Font Book to add the font and then copy it to the Windows Office Compatible folder. Many third parties outside of Microsoft package their fonts in.zip files to reduce file size and to make downloading faster. If you have downloaded a font that is saved in.zip format double-click the zip file to open it. FontPalace.com offers a huge collection of over 61,000 TrueType and OpenType free fonts. Browse, search and download free fonts for Windows and Mac.
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Default Install Location | Choose where to install fonts:
System fonts you download from Apple aren’t installed in these locations. | ||||||||||
Resolve duplicates by moving files to the Trash | Font Book moves duplicate fonts to the Trash when it resolves duplicates. If you don’t select this option, duplicate fonts are disabled, but not removed. | ||||||||||
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Font Book User Guide
You can preview the font family and its specific fonts, and print samples.
Preview fonts
If the preview pane isn’t shown, choose View > Show Preview.
In the Font Book app on your Mac, select a font collection in the sidebar to see the fonts in it:
All Fonts: Every font associated with the Computer, User and Network collections, as well as additional system fonts available for download. This collection appears in the Fonts window in an app.
Computer: Fonts installed in the Fonts folder in the system Library (/Library/Fonts/) and additional system fonts available for download. This collection is shown only when the User and Network collections contain fonts.
User: Fonts installed in the Fonts folder in your home Library (~/Library/Fonts/). To show your home Library folder, press and hold the Option key, then in the Finder choose Go > Library.
Network: Fonts installed in the Fonts folder in the Library folder on a network computer (/Network/Library/Fonts/). This collection is shown only when you’re connected to a network computer that has fonts installed in that folder.
Select a font family or one or more fonts.
Change the preview as needed by clicking one of these buttons (from left to right) in the toolbar.
Sample : Displays a sample of the characters, using the alphabet or script for the primary language set in Language & Region preferences. If a font supports multiple languages, you can change the language used to display the sample by choosing View > Language.
Repertoire : Displays a grid showing available characters and symbols, or glyphs. Drag the slider to the right of the preview to adjust their size.
To show the Unicode name and code point for a character or symbol, hold the pointer over it.
Custom : Displays blocks of text showing each style. Click a block of text, then enter your text to see it in that style.
Information : Displays information about the font, such as its manufacturer and location on your Mac.
Print fonts
In the Font Book app on your Mac, select a font collection in the sidebar to see the fonts in it.
Select a font family, or one or more fonts, then choose File > Print.
Choose an option from the Report Type pop-up menu (if you don’t see it, click Show Details):
Catalogue: Prints a line of sample text for each selected font. Select Show Family to include a sample for each available style. Drag the Sample Size slider to set the font size to print.
Repertoire: Prints a large grid of all the characters and symbols, or glyphs, available in the font. Drag the Glyph Size slider to set the glyph size to print.
Waterfall: Prints a line of sample text in multiple font sizes. Select Show Font Details to include information about the font.
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Note: As you preview fonts, you can select individual characters or symbols in the window to copy, then drag the items to a text document.
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