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Advanced Typography with Mac OS XUsing and Managing FontsTechnology TourJuly 2004

Mac OS X Font LocationsMac OS X is a versatile, multiuser operating system—a major benefit in creative environments. To maximize creative options and

Classic Fonts and ApplicationsIf you work with Classic applications, you’ll find that Mac OS X offers a number of fea-tures that improve on the font m

Sharing fonts on the network If you have a system running Mac OS X Server version 10.3, you can—with the properlicenses—set up fonts to be shared easi

Font Book lets you create any number of collections, making it easier than ever toorganize your fonts and activate specific sets when you need them. I

When installing fonts in Font Book, the best method is to start with your original font sources—typically CDs or DVDs—and add the fonts to Font Book u

Dragging and droppingAdding fonts from the Finder is an easy way to install a new collection. You can drag a folder containing fonts into the Collecti

Searching for fontsIn addition to previewing fonts, Panther makes it easy to quickly find the fonts youneed, even if you use dozens of fonts. You can

Creating System and Master Font Book collectionsAs a design or print professional, you probably need to add, delete, activate, and deactivate fonts fr

Creating a Master Fonts setNow that you’ve created a System Font Book collection to protect certain fonts fromdeactivation, you can gather all of your

Font Book and Classic applicationsFont Book is designed to manage fonts for Mac OS X applications, so activating anddeactivating fonts in Font Book do

ContentsPage 3 Introduction What’s New in Panther: The HighlightsPage 5 New Font Features in PantherFont BookFont PanelCharacter PalettePage 9 Font Ma

If you have both Classic and Mac OS X versions of a font and you choose the Classicfont (the one stored in /System Folder/Fonts) as the one to keep, t

Optimizing a ProductionSystemDepending on your workflow requirements, you might find it helpful to optimize font organization on your Macintosh workst

1 Open Font Book.2 Click the triangle next to All Fonts.3 Select Classic Mac OS. This option shows the Fonts folder in your Classic System Folder.4 Se

Removing or deactivating fonts in Mac OS XFont Book makes it easy to remove fonts from the Mac OS X system, regardless ofwhere the fonts reside.1 Open

Keeping a version of HelveticaA few Mac OS X applications require an active version of Helvetica. The most commonsymptom when Helvetica is missing is

Font Management for Prepress and ProductionFont Book does not create a direct link from a specific font to the collection it camefrom; therefore, serv

Managing multiple versions of a fontIf you have documents that use PostScript versions of a font with the same name,such as Helvetica, rather than the

Appendix A:Additional ResourcesMany commercial, shareware, and freeware font utilities are available. They fall into the following general categories:

The following are a few examples:FontAgent Pro. Insider Software’s FontAgent Pro helps you maintain font integrity,create custom font sets, and activa

Appendix B:Mac OS X Fonts29Technology TourAdvanced Typography with Mac OS X

IntroductionWhether you’re producing sophisticated type effects for print layouts or selecting an easy-on-the-eyes font for online readers, you know h

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Appendix C:Font Support in Mac OS XMac OS X supports tens of thousands of fonts in many different formats. These formats are listed below.Mac PostScri

Appendix D:Font Locations in Mac OS XMac OS X provides multiple locations for fonts for several reasons:• Some applications, including Adobe applicati

Here is a list of the places you can install fonts in Mac OS X v10.3. Any fonts that youput into subfolders of these folders are also activated.Applic

Appendix E: InternationalLanguage SupportBecause Mac OS X takes advantage of Unicode—an international computer standardfor representing the written la

positions. This means that, in a Unicode font, familiar dingbat characters might not beaccessible via the keyboard letter “n.” Access to these charact

Smoother fonts. Thanks to its underlying Quartz technology, Mac OS X makes text beautiful and easy to read on all displays. A setting in the Appearanc

New Font Features in PantherPanther offers a number of exciting new font technologies and applications. FontBook, the Font panel, and the Character Pa

Font PanelThe new Font panel in Panther lets you access fonts from a number of Mac OS X applications—including Mail, TextEdit, and Keynote. You can us

Typography panelThe Typography panel allows you to tailor fonts so they are exactly right for the project at hand. Controllable features include ligat

Character PaletteThe Character Palette makes it easy to locate a specific character or symbol on yoursystem, preview it, and select among its differen

Font ManagementMac OS X Panther lets you organize and access fonts with unprecedented control and ease. Whether you want to store fonts on a central s