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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

Q&A: Microsoft Office font confusion

Each upgrade to Microsoft Office has caused font confusion. How can I cope?

January 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Creating a Chinese font: a long passion

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Working with Latin fonts is difficult enough, but how about designing Chinese ones?

December 23, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

Q&A: How to use San Francisco font in docs?

I really like El Capitan’s new system font, and would like to use it in documents and messages. Why can’t I find it?

November 10, 2015 Macs, Technology

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