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A brief history of fonts in Mac OS

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From initial FONT bitmaps, PostScript Type 1 in the LaserWriter, and the release of TrueType in 1991, to data-fork format TrueType suitcases and OpenType in Mac OS X.

May 3, 2025 Macs, Technology

System fonts: the delights of San Francisco

How can you use San Francisco, the system font for macOS and Apple’s other OSes? An example traced through from macOS internals to PDF and HTML.

August 2, 2024 Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac system fonts

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Chicago, Charcoal, Lucida Grande, Helvetica Neue, and San Francisco or SF Pro – a visual journey through 40 years.

June 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

Colour fonts are upon us – in Mojave at least

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Emoji are no longer the only characters which come in full colour: OpenType-SVG fonts are now available in full colour too, and simple to use in macOS 10.14 and iOS 12.

August 8, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Icons, symbols, and Unicode PUA

Apple’s operating systems have a gamut of icons and symbols. Where can you get them ready to use? SF Symbols now delivers that, or so it might appear.

June 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

New, updated and useful links to Apple support articles

A compilation of links to important and useful articles posted by Apple, featuring reference info, details of iCloud.com features, and more.

May 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Why doesn’t Mail size fonts correctly?

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One perhaps cosmetic bug gives insight into some bigger problems in Mail.

July 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Taxing good sense: breaking old habits in forms

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Using Acrobat for filing your tax return is like sandpaper for cleaning your teeth.

January 27, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

The Font of All Knowledge

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Font problems still trip up many Mac users. Here is what a non-specialist needs to know.

January 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

Storyspace 3: appearance attributes

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These give you control in scripts over the presence of badges, captions, and general appearance of writing spaces in the Map view.

January 9, 2016 Macs, Technology

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