A font (more accurately a typeface) is the visual appearance, representation or interpretation of a set of characters, typically alphanumeric as a minimum.
1
vote
0answers
34 views
How can I enable a font?
Every time I enable a font in FontBook.app, it works well. But if I logout or restart MAC, the font is disabled again. I tried many times but it doesn't get better.
For example, "Songti SC" and ...
0
votes
1answer
30 views
What font is used for the file extensions in mac icons?
The fonts on one of our macs have become corrupted. I was able to fix most of the problem by copying across a non-corrupt version of Lucida Grande from another Mac. However, the font used to display ...
0
votes
0answers
14 views
Managing Fontbook's Font collections from the command line
Is possible manage FontBook's collections from a command line? Mean, at least add a font to some existing collection from the command line.
Asking because i got many fonts and only some of them has ...
1
vote
2answers
44 views
Application asks to allow incoming communications but is already allowed in firewall preferences
One of my login items is called FontAgent Activator.app
Each time I restart, I am prompted to accept incoming network communications for this app. However the app is already listed as allow incoming ...
0
votes
1answer
36 views
How to use TeX Gyre fonts installed by TeX Live
I've installed TeXLive on Mountain Lion. The TeX Live Utility says that the tex-gyre package is installed, however these fonts don't appear on my system and I actually get errors when trying to use ...
2
votes
1answer
32 views
Is there a guideline for the max number of active fonts
I manage my fonts through FontExplorer X. Today I noticed that I have 770 fonts activated. All legitimately licensed, by the way. The Adobe CS family installs a bunch, I've purchased and have received ...
4
votes
0answers
102 views
Change OSX system font [duplicate]
OS X Mountain Lion: Is there a way to change the default system font?
Things like color (I'd like it slightly more gray) and the type.
EDIT:
And Font Weight, if possible.
Thanks
1
vote
1answer
189 views
How do I export a Keynote Presentation to PDF while embedding the font
It seems like the export to PDF option currently exists on Keynote (version '09) does not embed the font I use.
What are my options besides buying Adobe Acrobat Professional?
0
votes
2answers
470 views
Can I change the font systemwide (10.8.3) [duplicate]
Is it possible to change the systems font? (finder, alerts, menus etc)
0
votes
1answer
91 views
Terminal font is not smooth
I am new to Mac, and I am finding that the fonts are not smooth.
Changing the system defaults (defaults write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 2, "Use LCD font smoothing" checked) do not improve the fonts.
...
0
votes
2answers
69 views
Why does the Century font in Pages '09 not include italics or bold?
I am using Apple Pages '09 to write a brief, where the font must but in Century. In Microsoft Word, the Century font has an italics, bold, and underline option. However, in Pages the only available ...
3
votes
1answer
91 views
Mac Terminal support for multiple fonts
I was trying to get emacs minimap to work on the terminal - http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MiniMap
However, the font is the same size as the rest of the screen, which makes it pretty useless. It ...
1
vote
0answers
34 views
Font smoothing randomly turning off
Recently my fonts turned a little too "crispy" in the sense that they looked a somewhat flattened and pixely. Exactly this problem, in fact:
Weird Font Smoothing Issue
After noticing it, I went ...
2
votes
1answer
169 views
Blackboard theme for iPad Keynote
I'm creating a presentation with my MacBook Pro and Keynote.
I'm using the theme Blackboard which uses the font Chalkboard.
When I import the presentation on my iPad Mini via iCloud the default font ...
1
vote
0answers
44 views
Whenever I install a font using Font Book it copies a zero byte file into ~/Library/Fonts/
But it still works if I manually copy fonts there. These empty files have the following permissions: --wxr-xr-x 1 mcb staff 0 7 Okt 2011 Lekton-Regular.ttf. What could be the problem ...
0
votes
1answer
321 views
Sublime Text 2 in OSX: all fonts are bold regardless of theme or font
I have a weird problem on mac (OSX 10.7): any theme or font I choose - all fonts appear in bold. I sync all settings with Dropbox and on Windows 7 and Ubuntu the fonts are normal.
Don't know if it's ...
1
vote
1answer
132 views
How can I create a custom colored icon font?
How can I create custom colored icon font as Apple did for emoticons?
I'd also need a font making tool that imports .svg images.
1
vote
2answers
646 views
How can I add fonts to GIMP 2.8.2 on OS X?
Starting with GIMP 2.8, the application is no longer visibly dependent on X11, so suddenly all the advice I'm aware of for adding fonts to GIMP don't seem to work.
(This worked with GIMP 2.6)
Now ...
1
vote
1answer
76 views
XeLaTeX doesn't have complete fonts
I've just moved to OS X form Ubuntu. I'm using OS X 10.8.2 unfortunately I'm not able to say what TeX distribution is installed on the computer since it wasn't me who installed it, I guess it was ...
4
votes
1answer
109 views
How does the OS X font fallback system work?
I'm trying to design a font containing symbols for internal use in our organisation.
I've created a font using this tutorial, and I've assigned a symbol to the unicode position 0xF600. This lies ...
2
votes
1answer
136 views
Is it possible to add a symbol to the character palette?
I guess everybody here knows about the character palette of Mac OS X.
Is it possible to create a new symbol, using an image or a vectorial shape made in Illustrator, and add it to the character ...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
How do I change the default font size for reading in Mail 6.0?
How do I change the default font size for reading the body of messages in Mail 6.0? I know that I can use ctrl++, but I want the reading pane to default the body of the message to a larger font ...
1
vote
2answers
79 views
Using bitmapped Monaco in Textmate
When I use TextWrangler, I can use the beautiful, crisp bitmapped 10 point Monaco font:
In TextMate, when I select Monaco 10 as my font, I get a much fuzzier rendered vector graphic from the ...
1
vote
1answer
275 views
Add TL Symbol to Character Viewer (Unicode 20BA) [TL simgesi]
I want to add the new 2012 Turkish Lira currency symbol, U+20BA, to Character Viewer as shown at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_lira_sign
What can I do?
3
votes
2answers
394 views
Can the default font size for “Email this Page” text be changed in Mountain Lion?
In Mountain Lion, Safari has a new method of "Email this Page" which opens up a new mail message where the web content can be shown as a page, pdf, or a link.
If one chooses "Link", the font type and ...
0
votes
1answer
60 views
2
votes
2answers
267 views
Windows-PowerPoint presentations on an iPad with great typography distortion
I have a PowerPoint presentation created on Microsoft Windows. When I play it on an iPad there are great typography distortions. There are a lot of fonts not found on the by iPad. Could I install my ...
2
votes
2answers
1k views
How to restore default Mountain Lion font distribution?
Deleting windows font which were copied from my bootcamp partition
I'd like to clean the installed font list because there might be a lot to deactivate by hand.
Is there a way to confirm which fonts ...
0
votes
1answer
70 views
Deleting windows font which were copied from my bootcamp partition
I recently wiped my os x partition to reinstall a fresh mountain lion. I already had windows xp installed as a bootcamp partition, and it seems os x copied windows font (tahoma, verdana, surely ...
4
votes
2answers
2k views
Can I get the original Mac font Chicago on a Mountain Lion Mac?
I'm running Mountain Lion on a mid 2011 MacBook Air.
I'd love to be able to set type in the oldest Macintosh font, Chicago. Is this font included anywhere in OS X Mountain Lion? If not, what is the ...
0
votes
0answers
192 views
Missing fonts in Fonts window
OS X installs fonts in several locations.
Unfortunately, the Fonts window (which is shown by many applications when hitting ⌘+T) only appears to pick up the fonts installed in the “local” and ...
2
votes
2answers
2k views
Font smoothing on external display working badly. (rMBP)
I have attached two external monitors to my retina MacBook Pro:
24" Dell 1920x1200 with HDMI->DVI
19" Samsung 1280x1024 with Thunderbolt->VGA
While non-retina enabled apps look just fine (e.g. ...
1
vote
2answers
468 views
Save as PDF from Word makes pixelated PDF in Acrobat but not Preview
I have a 2 year old MBP. I'm using Word 2008 and if I create a PDF using Save As... or Print > PDF, the resulting PDF will look fantastic when viewed with Preview. However, if I open the same ...
3
votes
1answer
117 views
Spaces and some other fonts are changed to rectangles?
I installed Microsoft Office 2011 yesterday on my MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard. I already had Microsoft Office 2008 on this device and simply added 2011. Now for some reason, many of my fonts have ...
3
votes
2answers
2k views
Recommended fixed width font for shell prompts and Eclipse
I've just installed OS X Lion, and found that the default fonts (Menlo and Monaco) are quote uncomfortable for Shell prompts and the Eclipse IDE.
Is there a good, general-purpose fixed width font for ...
4
votes
3answers
87 views
How to install new font on OS X?
How to install new font on OS X to be used across OpenOffice, iWork, OfficeForMac, mail and other word processing applications?
1
vote
1answer
210 views
How do I find out what serif font is being used in the Day One mac app?
I use the Day One regularly and love it. I also write a lot (for work) and have found that Day One serif font and style making writing such a pleasure. I'd like to use the font in my other word ...
1
vote
2answers
516 views
Using a font that came with a Mac App Store app in other apps
I'm sort of generally curious about this, since pre-Mac App Store apps one could simply open the font file from within the app's package contents and install it through Font Book to allow use outside ...
4
votes
3answers
2k views
How can I increase my font sizes without decreasing my resolution?
I have a 24" iMac at home which at the max resolution (1920 x 1200) is very comfortable for me to see my desktop and read text.
Now at work I have a 27" iMac with a max resolution of 2560 x 1440 ...
0
votes
1answer
92 views
Which font is used when I export formulas from Grapher?
You can export formulas from Grapher with drag&drop. Which font is used for this? I want to write some stuff in the same font in Keynote, but I cannot find the correct font...
3
votes
2answers
739 views
Is it possible to use custom fonts in Mobile Safari?
I need to install a font in iPad2, and Safari must be able to use it. Is it possible?
Solution:
I'm developing a iPad2 app using a web wrapper (PhoneGap) and a JS framework (Sencha Touch 2). I need ...
6
votes
1answer
2k views
How do you use small caps in Pages?
I don't see any obvious options for small caps in Pages, either under styles or text formatting. Do I need a special font, or does Pages have small caps capability at all?
2
votes
1answer
782 views
Is there a way to change the typeface used in Safari's “Reader” mode?
The typeface used in Safari's "Reader" mode (on both iOS and OS X) seems to be some form of Palatino, which, while certainly not the worst screen face, isn't the best either. This used to be a ...
3
votes
1answer
926 views
Cannot change font size in Xcode 4?
Everywhere I look I see that in order to change the Font size in Xcode I simply click on the "fonts window button".
However, I can't.
I have a default install of Xcode, just started trying to use it ...
2
votes
2answers
212 views
Select font when converting .txt to .pdf from command line
I often need to convert text files to PDF from the command line. I currently use enscript, a2pdf, cupsfilter, etc. The feature I'm missing is the ability to use an OS X font instead of one of the ...
0
votes
2answers
511 views
Formatting Text in Mail
I'd like to have all email that I send formatted with my font and size and color, like the way web based email does it. I'd just like to set a default font and have all email I send formatted this ...
2
votes
2answers
91 views
Web fonts look worse after deleting MS Office
I recently deleted my MS Office 2011 and decided to use only iWork or Libre Office or LaTeX. The problem is, now fonts on all browsers look worse than before. I have no idea why this is so, it only ...
2
votes
3answers
600 views
Increase font size in OS
I have a 17-inche Macbook-pro, the resolution is at the moment 1920x1200, the font size of the system looks very small. Is there a way to increase the font size without changing the resolution? It ...
9
votes
4answers
8k views
How to increase the size of the OS X user interface without lowering the resolution?
I can adjust a few things, such as the Dock, but I don't see a way to say, "I want 1080p resolution, but I'm sitting 5 feet away and want bigger menus, fonts, etc across the entire system."
This is ...
2
votes
3answers
125 views
Helvetica font rendering issue on MacBook Leopard
So I have just re-installed Leopard on my MacBook and recovered from my Time Machine only to find I have font rendering issues with the Helvetica font:
This happens in browser or in apps like Mail. ...
