How to Add New Fonts to a Macintosh
Fonts are an essential element to any desktop publishing or graphic design project. Adding new fonts to your Mac will provide more choices for creativity and professionalism. The process to add new fonts can be done with a few quick, short steps.
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Instructions
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Close any open applications. This will help to minimize the chances of an application "sticking" when you install the fonts.
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Open the disk or folder that contains the fonts you want to install.
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Select the font suitcases for those that you want to add to your machine. When adding PostScript Type 1 fonts, also select the printer outline files.
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Drag and drop the selected fonts into the Fonts folder which is in the Library folder.
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Return to your application to use one of your new fonts.
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Tips & Warnings
If you use a font management utility such as FontBook to manage your fonts, follow the instructions for the program to install and remove fonts.
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I have Word on my mac and it is not recognizing my new font. I can see the font in my font book. Any suggestions?
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for windows os, we just copy all fonts that you want to install and paste them to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.
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cocojames
Sep 28, 2010
if it says "fonts cannot be modified," you're in the wrong fonts folder. There seems to be two of them... DON'T go through System > Library > Fonts. This won't let you modify the fonts folder. DO go through the original Library > Fonts. Just don't click on System (Library will be an alternative in the same folder) This fonts folder should let you drag and drop new fonts -
mistahtea
Sep 26, 2008
Its saying fonts cannot be modified.
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mistahtea
Sep 26, 2008
Its saying fonts cannot be modified.
