Install fonts on a Mac

Step 1: Open the ‘Finder’ on your Mac and find the folder with the down­loaded font. This is usually located in the ‘Downloads’ folder.

Step 2: Open the folder and then click the file with ‘.ttf’ or ‘.ttc’, or ‘.otf’ extension.

Step 3: A pop-up for the re­spect­ive font will appear. Click on ‘Install Font’.

Step 4: Afterward, the font col­lec­tion will open and the new font will be displayed under ‘All Fonts’.

Step 1: If you want to install Mac fonts ac­cess­ible to all users, click ‘Ap­plic­a­tions’ in Finder and select the ‘Font Book’ ap­plic­a­tion.

Step 2: Click ‘Font Book’ and ‘Pref­er­ences…’ at the top left of the Apple icon.

Step 3: Now select ‘Computer’ from the ‘Default Install Location’.

Step 1: If you’re a network ad­min­is­trat­or and wish to install new Mac fonts that are ac­cess­ible to all network users, first make a copy of the font folder.

Step 2: In the Finder, click ‘Go’ and ‘Go to Folder…’ from the top nav­ig­a­tion panel on your desktop. If you prefer Mac shortcuts, enter the key com­bin­a­tion [Cmd] + [Shift] + [G].

Step 3: Once the pop-up window appears, type ‘Network/Library/Fonts’ in the search box and then click ‘Go’.

You don't have to use the Font Book to install a font on your Mac. Instead, you can proceed manually. To do this, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Open the Finder and click ‘Go’ and ‘Go To Folder…’ in the top nav­ig­a­tion bar on your desktop.

Step 2: Type ‘/Library/Fonts’ in the pop-up window and click ‘Go’.

Step 3: Once the Fonts folder opens, add the unzipped font file (using the copy-paste function or drag-and-drop method).

As a font col­lec­tion grows, it can be chal­len­ging to keep track of it. If you regularly install new fonts, it may be worth creating a Mac folder to group your fonts into different cat­egor­ies. You can quickly preview installed fonts in the following manner.

Step 1: Launch ‘Font Book’.

Step 2: Click on the re­spect­ive font you want to preview.

Step 3: The preview appears in the right half of the window. To change it, click on one of the options at the top left.

Much like you can install new fonts, you can de­ac­tiv­ate or remove them if you no longer need them. If you de­ac­tiv­ate a font, it remains on your system, but is no longer displayed in ap­plic­a­tions or the Font Book. With uninstall, you remove the font per­man­ently. Here's how:

1. Open ‘Font Book’.
2. Select the fonts to disable or remove.
3. Right-click for a dropdown to appear.
4. Click on ‘Disable [font] Family’ or ‘Remove [font] Family’.
5. If you selected the ‘Remove’ option, a pop-up window appears to confirm your selection.