[X Newbies] adding fonts

[David Boag]

OK. I'm not the one who asked the question, but I tried to ad a font 
from my graphic artist's collection to my system, because I bought the 
logo design from them, and I want to match test with the text in the 
logo. However, when I drop it in the Library/Fonts folder, nothing 
changes. I can't see the font in the font listing of Word.

Don't have much more info to share, but anyone have any suggestions?

On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 08:56  AM, Mac OS X Newbies wrote:

> : Florin Alexander Neumann tapped out this message on 7/23/2003 2:37 PM
> :
> : >Simple. Don't do it. There's a good reason why you shouldn't mess 
> with
> : >the System folder, especially if you're a newbie. There are plenty 
> of
> : >other places to put new fonts if you need them. OS X is not OS 9.
> :
> : I assume the person wanted to add some fonts to their font folder, 
> so why
> : stop there? Why not tell them how to do it? Is it that difficult?
>
> Because the original person wanted to "drag the new fonts to the system
> library's font folder".  Modifying anything inside the System folder is
> a severe no-no in OS X, as it should be.  If the person needs to add 
> new
> fonts to their box, they should drop it in the global library font 
> folder
> /Library/Fonts or the user's library font folder (home/Library/Fonts).
>
>
> -- 
> Eugene Lee
> http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
>

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