[X Newbies] adding fonts

Joey Campillo campillo at info.com.ph
Sat Jul 26 10:53:48 PDT 2003


like adobe for one

Joey

On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 08:50  PM, Vincent Cayenne wrote:

> At 11:17 PM -0400 7/23/03, TheMacintoshLady wrote:
>> And which Library folder is the "global" one?
>
> Perhaps more clarification is in order: There are four places where 
> fonts may exist and be recognised in OS X.
> 1) /System/Library/Fonts/
> 2) /System Folder/Fonts/
> 3) /Library/Fonts/
> 4)~/Library/Fonts/   (the same as writing /Users/xxx/Library/Fonts/ 
> where "xxx" is the user short name)
>
> #1 is what Eugene's original response addressed - don't go there!
> #2 is OS 9's font folder.
> #3 is for all users.
> #4 is user-specific.
>
> I believe that a couple apps even have rogue locations all their own...
> -- 
> Bring your monumental mysteries to be minimised to the max.
>  - Cabaloose Cal



More information about the X-Newbies mailing list