True Type Fonts in OS-X??

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 2:36 pm

Anybody know how I can get OS-X to recognize True Type fonts? Or perhaps some sort of converter? We have an in-house font that is in the True-Type format, and the designers here need to be able to use it on there MAC's. However when I dropped the font into the fonts folder and rebooted the machine, none of the applicatiosn can see the font.

Any suggestions would rock!

J

CM Weaver · Post by **CM Weaver** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:22 pm

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:34 pm

yes, system|Library|fonts folder.

for some reason, none of the applications (Adobe/Office) lists the font as an option....

I'm stumped.

J

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 5:44 pm

I just did a little search for you...

You may need to remove the three-letter extensions from some font names so OS X can recognize them. Unlike the classic Mac OS, OS X identifies file types by extension name. If a font has an extension that's unfamiliar to OS X or one that identifies a different file type, OS X may not recognize it. For example, the fonts included with Deneba's Canvas 8 have .ttf appended to their names (BerliTBol.ttf, for example). Until you remove .ttf from the fonts' names, OS X refuses to acknowledge them.

Just try deleting the .ttf extension and see if that fixes your problem

Hope it works

CM Weaver · Post by **CM Weaver** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 10:48 pm

Shouldn't make a difference. Prior to OS X, TrueType fonts where fully supported in MacOS 9 and fully supported in OS X as well, even while running MacOS 9 in Classic Mode. Have you guys done anything manually with deleting fonts from the Library, whether it's the System Library or the User Library -- that can sometimes corrupt the font suitcase?

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:15 am

Like the quote says, OSX treats files differently. It states that previous MAC OSs didn't have this issue, but with OSX it needs to be done

CM Weaver · Post by **CM Weaver** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:25 am

Copying TrueType fonts with the .TTF fonts into OSX work with or without the extension. Both methods work flawlessly on two of my OS X boxes, one running Panther and the other running Jaguar.

There is something more in this case that is causing his problem and more than just a simple extension problem.

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:13 am

Originally posted by C.M. Weaver
Copying TrueType fonts with the .TTF fonts into OSX work with or without the extension. Both methods work flawlessly on two of my OS X boxes, one running Panther and the other running Jaguar.

There is something more in this case that is causing his problem and more than just a simple extension problem.

You're probably right... removing the extensions is still worth trying though.