How To Download New Fonts To A Mac

How To Download New Fonts To Mac
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Mac TipsNovember 07, 2018 | 14 min read

See full list on wikihow.com. In the Fonts window, Right Click in the list of fonts and choose “Install New Font.” Navigate to the folder that contains the fonts you want to install. Select the fonts you want to install. You can click to select one font, Control-click to select several fonts, or Shift-click to select a contiguous group of fonts.

Before we start

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Fortunately for Mac users, adding fonts to Apple computers is fairly easy. You don't need to be a tech guru to download, install, preview, and enable new fonts on a Mac. All you'll need is some high-level guidance, and we're happy to provide it.

Below is your guide on how to install fonts on a Mac and manage them effectively:

How to install fonts on a Mac using Font Book

If you wonder how to add fonts to your Mac, we recommend that you start with Font Book. It’s the easiest way to achieve that goal.

Font Book is a free font management app that is already pre-installed on all Macs. This app allows you to install fonts either for your account only, for all accounts on your Mac, or for the entire network.

Depending on what you need, the process will be slightly different, and in this section, we will go through each one of them.

1. Install fonts for your Mac account only

1. If you need to install new fonts solely for your Mac account, follow these steps:

2. Open Finder and locate the folder in which your new Mac font is downloaded

3. In this folder, find a file ending with '.ttf' or '.ttc' or '.otf' and double-click on it

3. This will automatically run Font Book for you

4. In the pop-up window, click Install Font

Voila! That is all it takes to install a new font for your Mac account.

2. Install fonts for all accounts on a Mac

In case there is more than one account on your Macintosh and you wish to use downloaded fonts on all these accounts, you’ll need to take a few extra steps.

Here's how to install fonts on your Mac system-wide:

1. Open Finder or Spotlight

2. Search for Font Book and launch it

3. At the top corner click on the app menu bar and choose Font Book → Preferences

4. Use the drop-down to change the default location from User to Computer

5. Find and open the folder that has the new font you want to add

6. In this folder, double-click on a file ending with '.ttf' or '.ttc' or '.otf.'

7. On the Font Book pop-up window, click the Install Font button

Great! You’ve just added the new font to the Mac Fonts folder. In other words, you’ll be able to use it from any account on your Mac.

3. Install fonts for all network users

In order to install fonts for everyone on your network, you must either be a network administrator yourself or ask this person to do it for you.

As a network admin, you’ll have to follow these steps:

1. Copy the desired font files you want to install for all network users

2. Open Finder and click on the Go section in the upper menu

3. Choose Go to Folder in the drop-down menu and click on it

4. Type Network/Library/Fonts in the pop-up window and press Go

5. Paste the font files in this folder

That’s it! The fonts are now installed for all your network users.

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How to install fonts on a Mac manually

You don't necessarily have to use Font Book to install Mac fonts. You can easily do this manually by copying font files to Library/Fonts.

Unfortunately, starting from OS X 10.7 Lion, the Library folder and all its subfolders have been hidden from users’ sight. Therefore, you'll need some extra effort to locate it:

Open Finder and click on the Go section in the upper menu
Select Go to Folder in the drop-down menu and click on it
Type ~/Library/Fonts in the pop-up window and click Go
The Fonts folder will show up
Copy and paste (you can also drag and drop) all the unzipped font files to the Fonts folder

Well done! Now you know how to add Mac fonts manually too.

If something doesn’t work out with locating a Library folder, check out this guide on finding hidden Mac files.

How to preview fonts on a Mac

With so many cool Mac fonts out there, it's not always easy to pick the right one for your business project or personal needs. That's where font preview comes into play.

The best way to see installed fonts on a Mac is to use the Font Book app:

1. Go to Finder → Applications → Font Book or use Spotlight to find and run Font Book

2. Click on the font you want to preview (fonts are listed in the center column of the window)

3. Preview will show up in the right part of the window

4. To switch between different preview modes, click on lines, grid, or letter-like buttons at the top left-corner of the window

How to disable and remove fonts on a Mac

Having a good set of fonts for Mac provides more stylistic options, but having too many of them has the opposite effect—it makes it harder and longer to pick the right one and, ultimately, leads to clutter on your computer.

That's why knowing how to effectively manage fonts on a Mac is just as important as knowing how to install them. In order to avoid system clutter, we suggest you disable or completely remove the fonts you don't use.

It’s important to mention that you are not allowed to remove or disable system fonts. You can manage only those fonts you've added yourself.

As for the fonts you’ve installed, you have two options: disable and delete.

Deleting fonts from a Mac means removing them from your system. Should you need a removed font later, you'll have to install it again.

To remove fonts on a Mac, do this:

Launch Font Book
Pick the font/fonts you want to remove
Press the Delete key
Click Remove in the pop-up window

On the other hand, disabling fonts on a Mac means that they'll remain in your system but they will no longer be listed in apps or the Fonts windows.

To disable fonts on Mac, do this:

Launch Font Book
Pick the font/fonts you want to disable
Find the Disable button at the top and click on it
Click Disable on a pop-up window

FAQ

1. Where and how to download fonts on a Mac?

Before installing fonts on a Mac, you'll need to find and download them first. Luckily, there are lots of sources of fonts online. Most are free, but some are truly rare and cool and thus might cost you a few dollars.

Here are some font sources our design team uses (and strongly recommends):

MyFonts: Here you can find hundreds of fonts for Mac both royalty-free and not
Google Fonts: Here's a rich collection of free fonts to download for Mac
FontSquirrel: Search and review hundreds of free fonts for Mac
1001 Free Fonts: There are more beautiful fonts for Mac, free for personal use

Important: When downloading free fonts, make sure to read the license agreement for details on how to use downloaded fonts. If it says 'for personal use only,' you can't legally use the font for commercial projects.

When searching new fonts for your Mac, check if those you choose are compatible with macOS. It's super-easy to find out. All you need to do is to look at the file name, and if it ends with '.ttf' or '.otf” or '.ttc', then you're fine.

Once you find fonts you like, download them like any other files. Usually, fonts come in compressed .zip files you can unzip with a double-click. After the files with the new fonts are downloaded on your Mac, it's time to install them using one of the previously described methods.

2. How to validate and check fonts for errors on a Mac

When you’re adding fonts to a Mac, they’re automatically validated. However, if the font isn’t displaying you can validate it additionally and check it for errors:

Open Font Book
Select a font, then from the toolbar choose File ⟶ Validate Font
Click the disclosure triangle next to the font in the Font Validation window
- Green icon: This means the font is good and passed the review
- Yellow icon: This means the font has a few issues that need to be resolved
- Red icon: This means the font has failed
To resolve the issues select the checkbox next to the font, then click Install Checked

3. How to install a font in Word for Mac?

To add a font to Word for Mac all you need to do is:

Install the font as described above
Open Font Book
Drag and drop your font/fonts into the Windows Office Compatible (you can find it in the left sidebar)

That’s it. After restarting your Mac your font should be available in Word for Mac

4. What to do if the installed fonts won’t show up on a Mac?

Most of the time this happens due to a trashed Font Book database. Without getting into technical details, all you need to do is:

Back up all your data
Restart your Mac and hold down the Shift key to boot into the safe mode
macOS will ask you to log in
Wait till your Mac finishes booting to desktop then restart normally

That’s it, this will clear Font Book’s database and the cached files

Now you know everything you need to download, install, and effectively manage new fonts on a Mac. We really hope you enjoyed this article and it gave you more room for creativity and experiments.

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How To Download New Fonts To Mac

Here’s how you go about downloading fonts.

1. Download the Font

There are a ton of free fonts out there. Sites such as Smashing Magazine have lists upon lists of free fonts that are available for personal or commercial use.

Here are a variety of neat font collections to check out:

Mac Fonts | FontSpace - Free Fonts | 71,000+ Font Downloads

80 Newest Free Fonts for Web Graphic Designers
Font Squirrel
Behance
Font Fabric
30 New Free High-Quality Fonts

2. Extract the Font

Usually, the font comes in a .zip or .rar file. This means you’ll need a program to extract it. I use the Free Stuffit Expander. Once you do that, a new Finder window will pop up. Double click the .ttf or .otf file, and the Font Book application should automatically open.

3. Install the Font

Once the Font Book application opens, you can simply Install the font.

4. Organize your Fonts

Font Book automatically sorts out your fonts according to either default installation or user installation. This is a great feature, as it allows you to quickly go through your custom installed fonts. If you’re a typography enthusiast, this definitely is the key.

Font Book can be accessed within the Applications folder, or simply type it into Spotlight to find it.

You don’t need to re-open an application, as the font collection updates on the fly. For example, if you have Photoshop open and you’ve just installed a font, you can simply go back into Photoshop and select the font.

Fonts are very fun to implement and select, and are very easy to use! Don’t be afraid to try out new fonts for different uses, and have fun with your fonts. 🙂

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