How to install and remove fonts on your Mac

Your Mac comes with many built-in fonts, and you can download and install more than from Apple and other sources. If you don't want a font to appear in your apps, you tin disable or remove it.

Install fonts

Double-click the font in the Finder, then click Install Font in the font preview window that opens. After your Mac validates the font and opens the Font Book app, the font is installed and available for employ.

You can use Font Book preferences to fix the default install location, which determines whether the fonts y'all add are available to other user accounts on your Mac.

Fonts that announced dimmed in Font Book are either disabled ("Off"), or are additional fonts available for download from Apple. To download the font, select it and choose Edit > Download.

Disable fonts

You can disable any font that isn't required by your Mac. Select the font in Font Book, and so cull Edit > Disable. The font remains installed, but no longer appears in the font menus of your apps. Fonts that are disabled prove "Off" next to the font proper noun in Font Book.

Remove fonts

You lot can remove any font that isn't required by your Mac. Select the font in Font Book, and then choose File > Remove. Font Volume moves the font to the Trash.

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macOS supports TrueType (.ttf), Variable TrueType (.ttf), TrueType Collection (.ttc), OpenType (.otf), and OpenType Drove (.ttc) fonts. macOS Mojave adds support for OpenType-SVG fonts.

Legacy suitcase TrueType fonts and PostScript Blazon 1 LWFN fonts might work but aren't recommended.

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