The Preferences window enables you to specify a default location for installing font files. Choose a library name from the Default Install Location pop-up menu and close the window to save your settings.įigure 13. Choose Font Book > Preferences to display the Preferences window ( Figure 13). You can change the default location for newly installed fonts. The font is installed and appears in the main Font Book window. The name of the Font appears selected in the main Font Book window ( Figure 12).įigure 12. The font files are copied or moved to the Fonts folder inside the Library folder for your account, thus making it available to you only. A folder containing the font files for a PostScript font, all ready to install. A font window like the one in Figure 11 appears.įigure 10. Insert the disc containing the font files you want to install or copy the font files to your hard disk.ĭouble-click one of the Font files ( Figure 10). Double-clicking a font file launches Font Book and opens a font preview window like this. Doing so displays a font preview window like the one in Figure 11.įigure 11. The main Font Book window lists libraries, collections, and fonts and displays a font preview.Īnother way to launch Font Book is to double-click a font file's icon. The Font panel's shortcut menu.įont Book's main window appears ( Figure 9).įigure 9. You can find Font Book in the Applications folder.Ĭhoose Manage Fonts from the shortcut menu in the Font Panel ( Figure 44).įigure 44. This new feature offers more flexibility for managing fonts.ĭouble-click the Font Book icon in the Applications folder ( Figure 8).įigure 8. With Font Book, you can create libraries of fonts insalled other than as discussed in the section titled "Font Locations" earlier in this chapter. This helps keep your applications' font menus and lists neat by letting you display only those fonts that you want to display.įont Book is integrated with the Font panel, which I discuss later in this chapter. Each typeface is a slightly different version of the fontfor example, bold, italic, or condensed.įont Book makes it possible to turn fonts on or off. Within each library or collection is one or more fonts, each of which may contain one or more typefaces. Font Book comes preconfigured with several libraries and collections, but you can add, remove, or modify others as desired. Collections, which appear below the split line, are groups of fonts organized to meet your needs.
Libraries, which appear above the split line in the Collection column, are groups of fonts organized by where they are installed. Font Book is a Mac OS X utility that enables you to install, preview, search, activate, and deactivate fonts with an easy-to-use interface.įont Book organizes all of your fonts into libraries and collections.
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