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How to install fonts in OS X

May 7, 2009 by Ross McKillop 

If you’re a recent switcher, you’re probably used to dragging and dropping fonts into a folder in Windows in order to install them. As with many other aspects of OS X, installing fonts is even easier on your Mac.

In fact, it really couldn’t be easier. Download the font you want to install, and double-click it. The Font Book will open. Click the Install Font button.

os x font book prior to installing a font

The Font Book will now display your newly installed font.

font book with newly installed font

And now any time you want to use that font, it will be available in your list of fonts.

font picker in os x

That’s it!

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Filed Under: Making The Switch, OS X, Tutorials

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2 Responses to “How to install fonts in OS X”

  1. Typography « DreptoManiac on July 14th, 2009 10:02 am

    [...] For business cards, a smaller font would be most ideal. A size 12 font is relatively small but huge on a 3in. card. Font styles differ depending on the part of the market one is in. A lawyer or accountant may use a more traditional font like Rockwell or Perpetua, whereas an artist may use Scribble; a teacher could use Lucinda for an effective font. Free Mac fonts is a great site for… free Mac fonts Directions can be found here [...]

  2. Ryan on October 19th, 2009 5:58 am

    What happens if I want to install like 100 fonts? This way of doing it is actually slower than on Windows (dragging to the Fonts folder). How can I do this on a Mac?

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