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How to Install the New Free Mac Fonts in macOS Catalina

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Apple recently bought licenses for several new fonts in macOS Catalina. But given they're an optional download, you might not even be aware that you can access them for free.

Reported by Typography.Guru, the new system fonts were licensed from type foundries including Commercial Type, Klim Type Foundry and Mark Simonson Studio. To view and install the optional fonts, follow these steps.

Installing Fonts in Catalina

  1. Launch the Font Book app on your Mac.
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    Select All Fonts in the sidebar.
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    Browse the font list and select any greyed out fonts you like the look of. The grey indicates they're either deactivated or haven't been downloaded yet.
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    Right-click (or Ctrl-click) the selected font and choose Download [Font name] from the contextual menu. Alternately, click the Download button in the font preview window.
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The new font options include Canela (16 styles), Domaine (6 styles), Founders Grotesk (17 styles), Graphik (18 styles), Produkt (8 styles), Proxima Nova (12 styles), Publico, Sauber Script, and Quotes Caps.


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I'm on Catalina but these aren't showing up for me in the fonts app, even on 'All Fonts'.
 
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This has been the case for a while, can do the same on 10.13.5 at least, probably before.
 
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Question: Will these fonts display in Catalina only, or do they become system fonts and can be accessed for instance in Pages?
 
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Toshiba01 said:
Question: Will these fonts display in Catalina only, or do they become system fonts and can be accessed for instance in Pages?
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They become system fonts, you can export PDF with them but not redistribute them.

The real question is, can you use them for commercial work? Standard macOS license says so, but it seems incredible to me that I can design a logo with them and sell the design (with no fonts embedded though, only the non-editable vector version). Incredible and awesome, as a graphic designer.
 
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Then the document will say that there are missing fonts. That's why you include fonts when submitting to a print office, and that is why you use PDF for sharing information.

Once you share editable documents, you absolutely have to use the same software base, the same fonts and so on.

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And what happens if I were to share such documents?
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They are universally accessable in apps in Catalina, as long as there is support for them. For instance, emoji fonts may not work in Adobe Indesign.

However, when you upgrade from Catalina to Macos Death Valley 10.16, you will have to reinstall all these fonts, and also all additional voices, dictionaries and so on. Bummer.

Toshiba01 said:
Question: Will these fonts display in Catalina only, or do they become system fonts and can be accessed for instance in Pages?
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EugW said:
Ok. I’ll stay away then. No need to risk even more document compatibility issues.
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I never have compatibility issues when sharing documents. All I do is choose Print > Save as PDF, and send the person the PDF file. All the fonts get embedded and they see the document the same way I do. If it's a collaborative project in Pages that they have to modify, then obviously they have a Mac so again there are no insurmountable issues.
 
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jayducharme said:
I never have compatibility issues when sharing documents. All I do is choose Print > Save as PDF, and send the person the PDF file. All the fonts get embedded and they see the document the same way I do. If it's a collaborative project in Pages that they have to modify, then obviously they have a Mac so again there are no insurmountable issues.
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I use the iCloud versions of Pages, Keynote, and Numbers a lot - can I use the fonts in the desktop version and have them show up fine in the web version? What about the iOS version?
 
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People should know what just because you can install the font does not mean you can use them commercially. If you do, you will get a nasty-gram from a font licensing law firm.
 
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jayducharme said:
I never have compatibility issues when sharing documents. All I do is choose Print > Save as PDF, and send the person the PDF file. All the fonts get embedded and they see the document the same way I do. If it's a collaborative project in Pages that they have to modify, then obviously they have a Mac so again there are no insurmountable issues.
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Most people I know on Macs aren’t on Catalina.
 
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