Operating system | macOS |
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Type | Font manager |
Website | www.apple.com/macosx/features/fontbook/ |
Font Book is a font manager by Apple Inc. for its macOS operating system. It was first released with Mac OS X Panther in 2003.
Features[edit]
It is opened by default whenever the user clicks on a new .otf or .ttf font file. The user can view the font and install it, at which point the font will be copied to a centralised folder of user-installed fonts and be available for all apps to use.
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It may also be used as a browser of all installed fonts. The user may view the list of fonts and see their alphabets, their complete repertoire of characters or how they set a sample text of the user's choice.
The program also allows users to:
- Group fonts into collections, which can then be used in all Cocoa programs.
- View details of fonts, such as their designer’s name.
- Activate/deactivate individual fonts or collections.
- Check the data integrity of font files.
- Export font collections for use on another computer
It does not feature any editing tools, even for changing font properties. Screen capture video. This means that the user cannot use it to rename, merge or split up fonts or to redesign or modify fonts by (for example) changing kerning rules or exporting small capitals into a separate style.
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In the 2003-7 period, Apple's Font Book faced some criticism regarding an inability to validate and auto-activate fonts.[1] These features were added to Font Book with the release of Mac OS X Leopard.[2]
References[edit]
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- ^'Review - Apple's Font Book'. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
- ^Leopard's 300+ new features - FontsArchived October 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Font_Book&oldid=941976107'
Back in the 1980s, the thing that set Macs apart from PCs more than anything else was the Mac’s support for different fonts. Over the years, font formats and how you work with fonts have changed, though things have remained fairly stable since Mac OS X became mature. However, despite the fact that there are oodles of fabulous fonts available for free download (at least for personal use), many people don’t realize just how worthwhile it can be to go beyond the fonts that ship with macOS.
Getting and installing new fonts is easy. You’re likely to find fonts in one of two font formats: TrueType and OpenType. TrueType fonts generally have the filename extension .ttf or .ttc, whereas OpenType fonts may use the same filename extensions or use .otf. macOS supports both, and both work fine, though if you have a choice, note that professional designers prefer OpenType.
When you download a font, you’ll usually get a Zip archive, that, when expanded, includes the actual font file (the one with the .otf, .ttf, or .ttc extension) along with a ReadMe or license file. (If the Zip archive doesn’t expand automatically, double-click it.) You can install fonts into Font Book, Apple’s bundled font management utility app, in three ways:
- Double-click the font file, and in the Font Book Preview window that appears, click Install Font.
- Open Font Book from your Applications folder, choose File > Add Fonts, select the desired font(s) in the Open dialog, and click the Open button.
- With Font Book open, drag the desired font(s), or a folder containing them, to the Fonts column.
If you’re installing just one or two fonts, go with the first method, since it’s the easiest. However, if you’re installing a bunch of fonts at once, either the second or third approach will let you avoid lots of repetitive clicking.
Keep in mind that fonts in macOS can be installed for just the current user or for all users of the Mac. If at least one font is installed for the current user and at least one font is installed for all users, you’ll see Computer and User categories at the top of the Font Book sidebar. Otherwise, you’ll see just All Fonts.
Once installed, fonts should be available to most apps right away. If you had a font panel open in an app, you might need to close and reopen the panel before newly installed fonts will appear. Or just quit and relaunch any apps that don’t see the new fonts. If all else fails, restart your Mac to ensure that everything recognizes the new fonts.
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That’s it! Now that you’re up to speed on installing fonts, have some fun finding and using fonts that will give your documents added personality.