Do you find it very irritating to have found the perfect font for your needs, but not being able to install it on your Mac? The right font has the ability to make text perfect, while the wrong font can turn it into failure, reminding you that, in today's world, presentation often matters more than content. Installing a font is a quick and easy process, read on to find out for yourself.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Using Apple's Font Book
Step 1. Using the search engine of your choice, search and download the font you want to use
Type in the search string 'free fonts' or 'free font'. Scroll through the list of results and choose the font, or group of fonts, you are interested in and then download it.
Step 2. If you have downloaded a compressed file, you will need to unzip it in order to continue
The installation file of your font will have the extension '. TTF', or 'True Type Font', one of the most used standards in the world for fonts.
Step 3. Double click on the '. TTF' file
Apple's 'Font Book' application that manages all the fonts installed on your Mac will present you with a preview of the display style of the chosen font. To perform the installation you simply need to press the 'Install Font' button.
Step 4. Install as many versions of the font as you need, such as the 'bold' or 'italic' version, using the same process as in the previous step
Step 5. Restart your Mac in case the newly installed font is not already available for use
Method 2 of 2: Manual Installation
Step 1. Use the search engine of your choice to find and download the font you want to use
Look for free fonts or, alternatively, buy one.
Step 2. Unzip the chosen font, if it comes in '. ZIP' format
After unzipping it you should have a file in '. TTF' format.
Step 3. Depending on your operating system version, you will need to drag the '. TTF' file to one of the following locations:
- Mac OS 9.x or 8.x: Drag the installation file to the 'System' folder.
- Mac OS X: Drag the installation file into the 'Fonts' folder, inside the 'Library' folder.
