Font Book

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Font Book

Font Book 3.0 under Mac OS X v10.7.
Developer(s)	Apple Computer
Stable release	5.0 (250) / October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)
Operating system	Mac OS X
Type	Font Manager
License	Proprietary

Apple's Font Book is a font manager that comes with Mac OS X since version 10.3 (Panther).

The program enables users to:

Preview and install font files, avoiding multiple instances of the same font.
Review installed fonts using various sample texts and sizes.
Group fonts into collections, which can then be used in all Cocoa programs.
Activate/deactivate individual fonts or collections.
Check the data integrity of font files.
Export font collections for use on another computer

New Fonts

A feature of Font Book is that users can download new fonts and install them. There are many sites in which this can be done. Once the new font is downloaded it can be loaded and used by Font Book.

Criticism

Apple's Font Book faced some criticism regarding an inability to validate and auto-activate fonts.^[1] These features were added to Font Book with the release of Mac OS X Leopard.^[2]

References

Fontbook 101 from apple.com

External links

Apple's Font Book page

OS X

Versions

Applications

Automator Calculator Calendar Chess Contacts Dashboard Dictionary DVD Player FaceTime Finder Game Center Grapher iTunes (version history) Mac App Store Mail Messages Notes Notification Center Photo Booth Preview QuickTime Reminders Safari (version history) Stickies TextEdit

Discontinued	Front Row iChat iSync Sherlock

Utilities

Activity Monitor AirPort Utility AppleScript Editor Archive Utility Audio MIDI Setup Bluetooth File Exchange ColorSync Configurator Console Crash Reporter DigitalColor Meter Directory Utility DiskImageMounter Disk Utility Font Book Grab Help Viewer Image Capture Installer Keychain Access Migration Assistant Network Utility ODBC Administrator Screen Sharing System Preferences System Information Terminal Universal Access VoiceOver

Discontinued	Software Update Remote Install Mac OS X XQuartz

Technology and user interface

AirDrop Command key Option key Apple menu Apple Push Notification Service AppleScript Aqua Audio Units Bonjour Boot Camp Cocoa ColorSync Core Animation Core Audio Core Data Core Foundation Core Image Core OpenGL Core Text Core Video CUPS Cover Flow Darwin Dock FileVault Gatekeeper Grand Central Dispatch icns Inkwell I/O Kit Kernel panic Keychain launchd Launchpad Mach-O MacRuby Menu extra Mission Control OpenCL Preference Pane Property list Quartz QuickTime Quick Look Smart Folders Speakable items Spotlight Stacks Time Machine Uniform Type Identifier Universal binary WebKit XNU

Deprecated	Carbon

Discontinued	BootX Brushed metal Classic Environment Rosetta Spaces Xgrid

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