Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Fonts

D

Draft

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jun 18, 2002
455
1
Chicago, IL
I want to change my system font to another font from Photoshop. Does anyone know how to do this? I've tried copying the font to all of my system Fonts folders, but it didn't show up in tinkertool. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Draft
 
D

Draft

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jun 18, 2002
455
1
Chicago, IL
Originally posted by Rower_CPU


OK, and you're placing the fonts where?

/Library/Fonts/ ?
/System/Library/Fonts/ ?
/Users/youruser/Library/Fonts/ ?
Click to expand...

Correct. I placed the font in all 3 of those places.

Draft
 
Rower_CPU

Rower_CPU

Moderator emeritus
Oct 5, 2001
11,219
2
San Diego, CA
Originally posted by Draft
Correct. I placed the font in all 3 of those places.

Draft
Click to expand...

OK. For starters, I've been told to never to casually modify /System/.

I would stick to just your User library if you're the only one who needs access to them, or /Library/Fonts/ if several people need access.

Did you logout/restart after placing the new fonts?
 
D

Draft

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jun 18, 2002
455
1
Chicago, IL
Originally posted by Rower_CPU


OK. For starters, I've been told to never to casually modify /System/.

I would stick to just your User library if you're the only one who needs access to them, or /Library/Fonts/ if several people need access.

Did you logout/restart after placing the new fonts?
Click to expand...

Correct. I restarted the finder, it didn't work. Then, I restarted my machine, it still doesn't work.


Draft
 
Rower_CPU

Rower_CPU

Moderator emeritus
Oct 5, 2001
11,219
2
San Diego, CA
Originally posted by Draft
Correct. I restarted the finder, it didn't work. Then, I restarted my machine, it still doesn't work.


Draft
Click to expand...

OK, after this one I'm stumped:

What's the format/extension of the fonts?

I've tried TTFs before, and some didn't work for me until I removed the .ttf extension.
 
D

Draft

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jun 18, 2002
455
1
Chicago, IL
Originally posted by Rower_CPU


OK, after this one I'm stumped:

What's the format/extension of the fonts?

I've tried TTFs before, and some didn't work for me until I removed the .ttf extension.
Click to expand...

Well it started without the extension on it, but then I tried it with a .dfont extension. Neither of which worked. What about a font utility? I know there are about a million of them out there. Can any of them change the system font?

Draft
 
edesignuk

edesignuk

Moderator emeritus
Mar 25, 2002
19,232
2
London, England
Originally posted by Draft


Well it started without the extension on it, but then I tried it with a .dfont extension. Neither of which worked. What about a font utility? I know there are about a million of them out there. Can any of them change the system font?

Draft
Click to expand...
TinkerTool!
 

Attachments

  • tinkertool.jpg
    tinkertool.jpg
    54.4 KB · Views: 156
Rower_CPU

Rower_CPU

Moderator emeritus
Oct 5, 2001
11,219
2
San Diego, CA
Originally posted by Draft
Well it started without the extension on it, but then I tried it with a .dfont extension. Neither of which worked. What about a font utility? I know there are about a million of them out there. Can any of them change the system font?

Draft
Click to expand...

Were the fonts originally from OS 9, or are they supposed to work in X specifically?
 
D

Draft

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jun 18, 2002
455
1
Chicago, IL
Originally posted by Rower_CPU


Were the fonts originally from OS 9, or are they supposed to work in X specifically?
Click to expand...

It came from Photoshop 7, so I would imagine that it's for OS X.

Draft
 
D

Draft

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jun 18, 2002
455
1
Chicago, IL
Originally posted by verbose101
mmmmm....the download link for TinkerTool is down at VersionTracker, let me see if I can find it and I'll pop it on my iDisk for you.
Click to expand...

Don't worry about it man. I already have tinkertool installed.

Draft
 
Rower_CPU

Rower_CPU

Moderator emeritus
Oct 5, 2001
11,219
2
San Diego, CA
Originally posted by Draft
It came from Photoshop 7, so I would imagine that it's for OS X.

Draft
Click to expand...

I went through this same thing with the fonts from the Macromedia MX suite.

Do the fonts show up in any applications?

My only other suggestion is to try a Font management app, but there are few, if any, free ones out there. And I have no experience with them...
 
D

Draft

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jun 18, 2002
455
1
Chicago, IL
Originally posted by Rower_CPU


I went through this same thing with the fonts from the Macromedia MX suite.

Do the fonts show up in any applications?

My only other suggestion is to try a Font management app, but there are few, if any, free ones out there. And I have no experience with them...
Click to expand...

I just tried it in Word. It works perfectly.

Does anyone know of a font management application that can change the system font?

Draft
 
Rower_CPU

Rower_CPU

Moderator emeritus
Oct 5, 2001
11,219
2
San Diego, CA
Originally posted by Draft
I just tried it in Word. It works perfectly.

Does anyone know of a font management application that can change the system font?

Draft
Click to expand...

Weird.

I'm able to change my system font with Tinkertool using the ones I added...
 
mc68k

mc68k

macrumors 68000
Apr 16, 2002
1,996
0
Originally posted by Rower_CPU


Weird.

I'm able to change my system font with Tinkertool using the ones I added...
Click to expand...
Make sure that you use the TT Jag version.


That's the only system-wide font solution that I currently know of.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom