It does depend on where you're reading about these old fonts. There were both TrueType and bitmapped fonts. Perhaps the OS 8 & OS 9 fonts are safe, but not the System 6 and System 7 fonts? Anything from System 8 forward will work.
My question: Is it 'safe' to install these fonts on my 10.6.4 machine? Or could the ancient fonts cause some kind of operating system meltdown or panic or whatever? Only if they conflict with other fonts, or are corrupt. I want to have access to all my old fonts (I still have many documents which make use of them) but I don't want to mess up my fresh new 10.6.4 system. By clicking that button, does Font Book physically move the font file to the proper place in the OSX system? Any advice or insight into this problem would be most appreciated.
I see a new feature in OSX which I had never noticed until now is that if one double-clicks the font icon, a 'Font Book' window pops up with an optional 'Install Font' button at the lower right. Or all they all safe? And even if they are safe to install: Will they work? Lastly: What's the best way to install them? Or could the ancient fonts cause some kind of operating system meltdown or panic or whatever? Perhaps the OS 8 & OS 9 fonts are safe, but not the System 6 and System 7 fonts? (There's also about 15 System 6-era fonts in there too going back to 1989, but I think I'm just going to trash those.) My question: Is it 'safe' to install these fonts on my 10.6.4 machine? System Fonts For Mac And Pc I still have, backed up on an external drive, hundreds of freeware, shareware and pro-level fonts which I acquired way back in the distant past, some as early as System 7 - the 'Date created' column says they're dated starting 1992 and every year up through 2004.
I recently got a new MacBook Pro and it's now running 10. I've been accumulating fonts for years and years. There are several places to install fonts the location to choose depends on whether or not you want other users of your computer (if any) or other individuals on your network (if applicable) to be able to use the fonts. Installing fonts on your Mac is a simple drag-and-drop process. For labels and other small text, 10 pt Lucida Grande was typically used. OS X Yosemite used Helvetica Neue, and preceding versions largely employed Lucida Grande. The primary system font in OS X El Capitan and above is San Francisco. Once you have selected your font: Locate the file on your desktop Double click it to extract it Right Click on the file extension ending in.ttf or.otf Then click “Install” to finish the process.
Installing fonts on Mac OS is also quite a straightforward process and similar to that above.
A separate file with both a FOND resource and bitmap font is also required. The font outline data is stored in a file with type LWFN and is analogous to the PFB file on a PC. Type 1 Fonts on a Mac: Two files are required to use a Type 1 font on the Mac.