Thanks for trying to help Noel, Adobe confirms that on windows 7 if you drop the.ttf here, C: Program Files Common Files Adobe Fonts, it should show up in the font drop down in photoshop. Using Adobe Photoshop, you can add text to any image composition you're working on. Without a good set of fonts, however, the text may end up a little less visually dynamic than you'd like. Photoshop doesn't have its own font installation process, which is one less process to learn.
Managing fonts with Font Book
It is recommended you use Font Book (included with Mac OS X v10.3 and later) to install, remove, view, organize, validate, enable, and disable fonts. See Mac 101: Font Book for detailed information.
If you wish to manually manage fonts instead, see the next section.
Manually managing fonts
Note: Mac OS X has four or more Fonts folders, depending on software installation and number of users. This article differentiates them by pathname. To learn more about pathnames, please see: this article.
You may install fonts by double-clicking them and following the on screen prompts in the Font Book application, or by manually copying or dragging font files to any of the standard Fonts folders in Mac OS X.
You may install fonts by double-clicking them and following the on screen prompts in the Font Book application, or by manually copying or dragging font files to any of the standard Fonts folders in Mac OS X.
The folder in which a font is located determines who can access and use the font. For example: If a user manually installs a new font at ~/Library/Fonts/, the font is available only to that user. If a root or admin user installs the same font at /Network/Library/Fonts/, all network users can use the fonts (assuming that the network administrator has set up computers for this type of sharing).
Changes to fonts take effect when an application is opened or a user logs in to the account or computer on which the changes occurred. Duplicate fonts are resolved based on the order of precedence defined for the standard Fonts folders and are described from highest to lowest priority below.
Changes to fonts take effect when an application is opened or a user logs in to the account or computer on which the changes occurred. Duplicate fonts are resolved based on the order of precedence defined for the standard Fonts folders and are described from highest to lowest priority below.
Note: Some fonts are required by applications such as those included with iLife or iWork. If you find that projects related to these applications don't look the way you expect, or if the application no longer opens after disabling a font, try re-enabling the font and check again.
Font locations
Font locations
Note: The tilde character (~) represents a user's Home, which may be local or remote.
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Font use | Font folder location | Description |
'User' | ~/Library/Fonts/ | Each user has complete control over the fonts installed in their Home. These fonts are available to that user when he or she is logged in to the computer. Fonts installed here are not available to all users of the computer. |
'Local' | /Library/Fonts/ | Any local user of the computer can use fonts installed in this folder. Mac OS X does not require these additional fonts for system operation. An admin user can modify the contents of this folder. This is the recommended location for fonts that are shared among applications. |
'Network' | /Network/Library/Fonts/ | The Network folder is for fonts shared among all users of a local area network. This feature is normally used on network file servers, under the control of a network administrator. |
'System' | /System/Library/Fonts/ | Mac OS X requires fonts in this folder for system use and displays. They should not be manually altered or removed. |
'Classic' | /System Folder/Fonts/ | This folder contains fonts used by the Classic environment (Mac OS X v10.4 or earlier only). If more than one Mac OS 9.1 System Folder is present, only fonts in the System Folder selected in the Classic pane of System Preferences are used. Classic applications can access only these fonts, not those stored elsewhere. Conversely, Mac OS X applications can use these fonts, even when the Classic environment is not active. |
This is a tutorial on how to access the font swashes and alternates. Watch the video or keep reading below. If you need help installing your font click here
What are swashes & alternates
The swirly, decorative parts of the characters are called Swashes.
Some fonts include multiple characters for the same character, these are called Alternates.
Which programs can you use
Fonts that are PUA (Private Use Area) coded and have swashes & alternates, can be accessed through programs such as:
Photoshop CC or later versions
Character Map PC
Font Book Mac
Word MS 2010 or later versions
Fonts that are PUA (Private Use Area) coded and have swashes & alternates, can be accessed through programs such as:
Photoshop CC or later versions
Character Map PC
Font Book Mac
Word MS 2010 or later versions
Below you will find detailed instructions for each program.
1. Photoshop glyph panel
Photoshop CC and higher have a glyph panel where you can access the swashes & alternates.
Select the correct font and go to Window > Glyphs > and double-click on the glyph you want to use.
Photoshop CC and higher have a glyph panel where you can access the swashes & alternates.
Select the correct font and go to Window > Glyphs > and double-click on the glyph you want to use.
2. Windows Character Map
You can access swashes & alternates for Windows with a pre-installed program named Character Map. Go to Finder and search for ‘Character Map’
When using Character Map, check ‘advanced view’, select ‘Unicode Subrange’ and select ‘Private Use Characters’
Now click select and copy the glyph of your choice and paste it in your editor or program. And don’t forget to select the right font.
3. Mac Font Book
To access swashes & alternates on a Mac you can use Font Book. Be sure to switch to ‘repertoire view’, it’s the little icon at the top left with the grid/dots or click on ‘view’ > ‘repertoire’.
Now select and copy the glyph of your choice and paste it in your editor or program. And don’t forget to select the right font.
To access swashes & alternates on a Mac you can use Font Book. Be sure to switch to ‘repertoire view’, it’s the little icon at the top left with the grid/dots or click on ‘view’ > ‘repertoire’.
Now select and copy the glyph of your choice and paste it in your editor or program. And don’t forget to select the right font.
4. Word glyph panel
Microsoft Word 2010 or later versions have a glyph panel where you can access the swashes & alternates.
First, select the correct font and go to Insert > More symbols > select the “Private Use Area” and select the glyph of your choice and click Insert.
Microsoft Word 2010 or later versions have a glyph panel where you can access the swashes & alternates.
First, select the correct font and go to Insert > More symbols > select the “Private Use Area” and select the glyph of your choice and click Insert.
Tip for MS Word Users: Be sure to have ‘kerning for fonts’ enabled for proper letter spacing. Click here to read more about kerning in Word.