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krossfyter
Jun 6, 2003, 02:52 PM
okay i got a .TTF in email from someone. I cant open it. It tells me to choose an app to open it with. Is there a way I can open this? If not what do i tell the person sending the font to me to send it as?


zarathustra
Jun 7, 2003, 12:20 PM
Put the file inside your Users/You/library/fonts folder (if you don't have suitcase or fontreserve). Now when you start up an application that uses fonts (TextEdit, illustator, word, etc.), the font should be there.

.TTF = .TrueTypeFont
shadowfax
Jun 8, 2003, 10:03 PM
this is one of those OS X problems, i would say. they don't have any small app to view fonts at all. you have to buy one. or you can just put them in your font folder, as zarathustra says, and start using them. hopefully panther will include a decent font viewing app.
rainman::|:|
Jun 8, 2003, 10:26 PM
Originally posted by Shadowfax
this is one of those OS X problems, i would say. they don't have any small app to view fonts at all. you have to buy one. or you can just put them in your font folder, as zarathustra says, and start using them. hopefully panther will include a decent font viewing app.

I agree, this is one of the features I miss most... it would be nice to sample a font by double clicking it, like you could back in OS 8-9. Hopefully it's just one of those features they haven't had time to implement yet...

pnw
zarathustra
Jun 9, 2003, 04:13 PM
You still have to drag the fonts into your fonts folder, but then you can use the character palette to preview, which is much nicer than anything in OS9.
shadowfax
Jun 9, 2003, 04:33 PM
Originally posted by zarathustra
You still have to drag the fonts into your fonts folder, but then you can use the character palette to preview, which is much nicer than anything in OS9. true, but you can't just click on a font to open it. it's piss poor integration of said "better app" for a company that emphasizes such.