Install fonts

Double-click the font in the Finder, then click Install Font in the font preview window that opens. After your Mac validates the font and opens the Font Book app, the font is installed and available for use.

You can use Font Book preferences to set the default install location, which determines whether the fonts you add are available to other user accounts on your Mac.

How to manage fonts on Mac. Apple knows a designer’s pain points as well. So it created Font Book, a free font manager that allows you to install and remove fonts on your Mac. The program is very basic, but works for a beginner as well as non-designers who need font variety. Enable and disable fonts. Mac Font Manager Deluxe Easily preview and manage your font collections with Font Manager Deluxe! Preview Fonts in a grid or custom view, add and remove font collections, install and uninstall with a simple click, save your favorites, and download the current Google Fonts collection to add to the app. Includes 4 new commercial use OpenType font families.

Fonts that appear dimmed in Font Book are either disabled ('Off'), or are additional fonts available for download from Apple. To download the font, select it and choose Edit > Download.

Disable fonts

You can disable any font that isn't required by your Mac. Select the font in Font Book, then choose Edit > Disable. The font remains installed, but no longer appears in the font menus of your apps. Fonts that are disabled show ”Off” next to the font name in Font Book.

Remove fonts

You can remove any font that isn't required by your Mac. Select the font in Font Book, then choose File > Remove. Font Book moves the font to the Trash.

Learn more

macOS supports TrueType (.ttf), Variable TrueType (.ttf), TrueType Collection (.ttc), OpenType (.otf), and OpenType Collection (.ttc) fonts. macOS Mojave adds support for OpenType-SVG fonts.

Legacy suitcase TrueType fonts and PostScript Type 1 LWFN fonts might work but aren't recommended.

Typeface is a wonderful font manager for macOS that helps you pick the perfect type for your designs. A minimal interface and total focus on your fonts makes browsing your collection a delightful experience. And Typeface 3 lets you effortlessly organize even the largest collections with new powerful font management features.

Requires macOS 10.12 or higher — Also available on the Mac App Store and Setapp.

Seeing what your fonts look like is essential when you're designing and exploring fonts. The flexible grid with customizable previews gives you a convenient overview of your library so you can easily determine which font conveys just the right emotion you're looking for.

Get inspired

Browse through your library without any distraction. Typeface lets you explore all your installed and imported fonts with live customization of preview text and size.

Reveal every detail

View Unicode characters, inspect OpenType features, tweak variable fonts and study font info. Typeface let's you discover all the intricate details of your fonts.

Body text layouts

Find out how a font looks in a book, magazine or website article. You can preview one of the full body text layout presets and create your own custom templates.

Variable fonts

Tweak variable fonts to perfection. Get live previews of your adjustments and easily copy CSS values.

OpenType features

Take a deep dive into your fonts by inspecting all OpenType font features. Discover ligatures, figure styles, character alternates, fractions, capitals and more.

Unicode characters

Preview every character a font supports and copy their HTML or UTF codes. You can even compare characters between fonts to see the small — and big — differences.

Tag, you're it

Typeface offers a very flexible and easy to use tagging system that lets you keep even the largest font libraries under control. Nest tags, combine tags, invert tags and filter tags; spend less time searching, more designing.

Synced directories

Imported locations are kept up-to-date automatically. Just point Typeface to a directory on your Mac and newly downloaded fonts are added on refresh.

Filter fonts

Find just the one font you need, whether you're looking for a bold serif, or rather fancy a slanted script. Typeface's font filters make searching easy.

Find duplicates

Become a cleanup wizard by making needless copies magically disappear. You can remove duplicate fonts from your library with just a snap of your fingers.

Smart sidebar

Designed to get out of your way: swipe to collapse the sidebar and focus on font previews. While dragging it will automatically expand and highlight already attached tags.

Quick tagging

The new Quick Tagging panel allows you to attach multiple tags (to multiple fonts) at once, fully keyboard-controllable with fast fuzzy search. Neatly organising your fonts will be an absolute breeze.

Tag export

Losing your tags is bad, m'kay. Typeface allows you to export & backup tags to an easily readable json format. So you'll always be able to recover your carefully organised library.

The persistent Quick Collection helps you improve your design workflow. While exploring fonts you can quickly mark (and eliminate) potential candidates for your design, without having to worry about losing your selection.

1. Collect candidates

Use the Quick Collection to mark interesting fonts.

2. Refine selection

Review candidates and remove the least favorable.

3. Store to tag

Attach tags to organize and easily find fonts back later.

Typography by night

Use the lovely night theme to comfortably preview your fonts in the dark. Of course you're free to use this theme during the day as well.

Font compare

Learn to distinguish Helvetica from Arial like a pro, with font overlays that show every little difference.

OpenType features

Toggle ligatures, swashes, figure styles, character alternates, fractions, capitals and more.

Google Fonts

Expand your library with 2000+ free fonts from the Google Fonts catalog. Typeface automatically keeps them up-to-date.

Custom tracking

Give your characters some room to breathe— just hold down the Option key on your keyboard and pinch or use the tracking slider.

Outlines & Metrics

Show baselines, x-height and cap height. Preview outlines to closely inspect glyph curves and use font smoothing to improve legibility.

Auto size

Easily compare font appearance, by keeping previews all the same size.

Export to PDF

Share a beautiful PDF of your hand-picked font collection with your client, boss and colleagues. Or print your favorite font to paper and hang it above your bed.

Auto activation

Hands-free activation of fonts and you won't even notice it. Of course you can also manually activate and deactivate any font when you need to use them.

System fonts

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Properly organize all macOS system fonts. Or hide them from the app to view only your own fonts instead. You decide what you want to see.

Preview presets

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Choose one of the default presets or create some of your own to quickly access them later.

Dynamic previews

Preview fonts based on their language and character support. View symbols, emojis and foreign language characters at a glance.

Color fonts

Behold your vibrant color fonts right in Typeface app. Eye candy doesn't get more sweet than this. Supported on macOS Mojave+

Temporary activation

Automatically deactivate fonts when you close the app or shut down your Mac. Useful when you're trying out some fancy fonts and forget to manually deactivate them later.

Missing glyphs

Automatically hide fonts that don’t contain the characters you specify. Turn on Hide fonts missing glyphs in the display options.

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