# Fonts and OS X **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts-and-os-x/100325 "2002-03-27T04:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![columbusCL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@columbusCL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/columbusCL)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts-and-os-x/100325/1 "2002-03-27T04:11:58Z")
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](http://www.fontface.com)). ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts-and-os-x/100325/2 "2002-03-27T04:43:06Z")
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