How do you add fonts in OS X? I thought you just dropped the font into the Fonts folder in the Library folder so I did that. It didn’t work…ie, the font didn’t show up as a choice in Word (which was not running prior to installing the font), so I did a Google search. Several sites helpfully told me to drop the font in the Fonts folder in the Library folder.
What am I missing? I’m running 10.1.3 on a PowerBook G4, Office X, and it was a Mac font (specifically a free one from http://www.fontface.com).
Try restarting your Finder (under force quit in the Apple Menu) after you install the font.
I downloaded the Mac Roughwork font from fontface (Roughwork) , and installed it by dragging it into the Fonts folder as you describe. It showed up in Appleworks when I started it up. Dragging the font out of the Fonts folder did not cause the font to become unavailable until after I had restarted Appleworks.
I didn’t need to restart the finder or do anything fancy to get things to work. It just worked.
I also downloaded the PC version of the font (ROUGHWOR.TTF), and dragged that into the Font folder. The PC version obligingly showed up in my fonts menu.
I’m running 10.1.2
I’m running 10.1.3 on a PowerBook G4, Office X, and it was a Mac font (specifically a free one from http://www.fontface.com).