# Mac OS 10.2 font problem--fonts appear in folder as zero KB files?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-10-2-font-problem-fonts-appear-in-folder-as-zero-kb-files/259994
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 15, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-10-2-font-problem-fonts-appear-in-folder-as-zero-kb-files/259994 "2004-08-15T20:42:57Z")
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### Author:  [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-10-2-font-problem-fonts-appear-in-folder-as-zero-kb-files/259994/1 "2004-08-15T20:42:57Z")
I’m switching over from a computer that was running OS 9.2 to one that’s running OS 10.2. Unfortunately, I can’t get all my fonts to make the transition. Not only will the new OS not recognize them (and they’re Postscript fonts from Hoefler Type Foundry, not some hack piece of junk fonts) when I put them into the font folder in the library folder (as directed by Apple), but when I look at them in their folder under OS X, their file size appeara as “Zero KB.” WTF is this all about? The discussion boards over at [Apple.com](http://Apple.com) have been mute on the subject, so I came here.
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### Author:  [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-10-2-font-problem-fonts-appear-in-folder-as-zero-kb-files/259994/2 "2004-08-15T21:53:46Z")
Your PostScript fonts are probably in the _resource_ fork, and in “Mac resource” format, rather than the _data_ fork, and in normal PFA or PFB format.
I recommend using either [fondu](http://fondu.sourceforge.net/) or the [t1utils](http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/type/#t1utils) package to convert your fonts to PFA/PFB. Both are command-line Unix utilities, and are available from Fink, if you happen to have that installed already.
Hope this helps.
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### Author:  [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-os-10-2-font-problem-fonts-appear-in-folder-as-zero-kb-files/259994/3 "2004-08-16T20:51:27Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#):
>
> Your PostScript fonts are probably in the _resource_ fork, and in “Mac resource” format, rather than the _data_ fork, and in normal PFA or PFB format.
>
> I recommend using either [fondu](http://fondu.sourceforge.net/) or the [t1utils](http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/type/#t1utils) package to convert your fonts to PFA/PFB. Both are command-line Unix utilities, and are available from Fink, if you happen to have that installed already.
>
> Hope this helps.
Oy. What a pain in the ass. Guess I’ll have to go teach myself UNIX now.