Double-click the font in the Finder, then click Install Font in the font preview window that opens. After your Mac validates the font and opens the Font Book app, the font is installed and available for use. Installing fonts on your Mac is a simple drag-and-drop process. There are several places to install fonts; the location to choose depends on whether or not you want other users of your computer (if any) or other individuals on your network (if applicable) to be able to use the fonts. Mac OS X defaults to a predefined set system font size for all onscreen text and user interface elements, and while many users will find the default text size to be sufficient, some users may wish the system font size was larger, and some may wish the Mac system text size was smaller. It turns out. That sizes can be specified by the font designer, but usually they are in the ranges of 0-6 and 14+ points (pt). The Mac font list was obtained from the Browser Safe Fonts PDF of webbedEnvironments and from the List of fonts in Mac OS X of the Wikipedia.
I would like to install some additional fonts on my Mac.
Is it possible to install some fonts (.ttf - true type fonts - which is installed on Windows) can be installed on my Mac?
Are there any free font collections for Mac OS X?
Chealion4 Answers
I'm not getting into the licensing issues here, but if you put fonts in
- /Library/Fonts/
- /Users/username/Library/Fonts
and they'll show up. Windows .ttf fonts tend to work.
The first folder installs for all users, the second for that specific user.
I tend to not use free fonts, as they're not built nearly as well, so I don't have a recommendation there.
Caskroom-fonts is a Homebrew Tap which allows you to use the same friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the administration of binary font files on your Mac.
Yes, you can just copy the fonts into the /library/fonts, or /users/username/library/fonts... But (!!), that doesn't mean the font is safe...
1) Download the font.2) Open Font Book3) Select File --> Validate File, and select the font you downloaded.
Did you receive any error messages regarding the font? If so, just forget about it. It's not worth the effort. Font issues can cause lots of issues in the long run.
If there wasn't an error, close the font, and drag the font to Font book.You'll notice in the lower right hand corner of the Font book preview window is 'Install font'. Click on that button to install the font.
As well as copying them into /Library/Fonts/ or ~/Library/Fonts/, you can just open them using font book, or drag them into font book, which will put them into ~/Library/Fonts/.