| Font Book | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Font Book 10.0 undermacOS 11 | |
| Stable release | 11.0 |
| Operating system | macOS |
| Type | Font manager |
| Website | www |
Font Book is afont manager byApple Inc. for itsmacOS operating system. It was first released withMac OS X Panther in 2003.
Font Book is opened by default whenever the user clicks on a new.otf or.ttf font file. The user can view the font and install it, at which point the font will be copied to a centralized folder of user-installed fonts and be available for all apps to use.[1]
It can be used to browse all installed fonts. The user can view the list of fonts and see their alphabets, their complete repertoire of characters, and how they set a sample text of the user's choice.[1]
The program allows users to:[1][2]
It does not feature any editing tools, even for changing font properties. This means that it cannot be used to rename, merge, or split up fonts or to redesign or modify fonts by (for example) changing kerning rules or exportingsmall capitals into a separate style.[citation needed]
Until 2007, Apple's Font Book faced some criticism for its inability to validate and auto-activate fonts.[3]
These features were added to Font Book with the release ofMac OS X Leopard on October 26, 2007.[4]
