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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 ...
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Incorrect apostrophe character in MS Word 2011 on Mac
I'm using Word for Mac 2011. When using the default font - Cambria - extra spaces appear when I type an apostrophe followed by another character. See the screenshot at:
As you can see in the ...
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How to change fonts picked by Terminal.app to display languages other than English?
This is definitely and advanced topic and possibly needs a hack that I am willing to do.
I edit Arabic files quite a lot. Arabic characters displayed by Terminal.app are not playing nice at all. To ...
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Font display issue (Mac OS X)?
I used a font manager on Mac OS X, for additional fonts in my graphic design projects without installing them to the fonts folder (I think that's how it works) - using Font Book and Font Explorer X ...
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Tool to install fonts on demand
I have too much fonts installed on my Mac, so photoshop (or indesign) can take a long time on operations that involve them (program startup, selecting them on the character palette etc)
I'm looking ...
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How to unstyle incorrect (bold and italic) font display in Safari and Firefox?
I recently noticed that some sites/blogs I visit using either Safari or Firefox are showing fonts incorrectly. My site is included which is why I realised this was a problem. Instead of the correct ...
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System font display issues since upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion
Since I upgraded my system from 10.6 Snow Leopard to 10.7 Lion, I have errors in the display of system fonts, and in the spacing of characters in documents.
An image of my old system under 10.6 Snow ...
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Problems with font rendering on a MacBook Pro using external 24" LCD
I have a 24" HP LP2475w at my home and 23" Apple Cinema Display at work. Today when I turned on my laptop at work, I noticed that all fonts look perfect (after having an issue with rendering for the ...
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Are all pictogram fonts broken in Lion?
Since I updated to Lion (Mac OS X 10.7.2) all pictogram fonts (Zapf Dingbats, Webdings et al.) seem to be broken.
The application I have tested are below.
TextEdit
Zapf Dingbats and Webdings do not ...
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How to change the font smoothing setting from the command line?
I'm trying to avoid installing lots of software willy-nilly, because like so many Mac users I don't have antivirus software. Case in point, I really like TinkerTool but I'd rather change my system ...
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What is Mac OS X Lion's Finder Font?
What is the default font that Mac OS X Lion use in it's apps, more importantly the Finder window?
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Assign monospaced font family to selected text with keyboard shortcut in mac os x
I write a lot of technical emails, and like to use a monospaced font for the code bits. Highlight text, hit apple-T, choose my font from the list of favorites, then close the font window. Is there a ...
