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A quick note on where font files are stored on Mac.

Introduction

I couldn't find where font files are located on macOS, so I'll briefly research and summarize the information.

Note: This article was translated from my originalpost.

Font File Locations on macOS

Font files are stored in the following three directories:

~/Library/Fonts/
/Library/Fonts/
/System/Library/Fonts/

"~/Library/Fonts/" contains fonts that are only available to the current user.When you double-click a font file (such as a .ttf file) to install it, it is stored in this directory by default.At first, there are no fonts stored in this location.

"/Library/Fonts/" contains fonts that are available to all users on that Mac.

"/System/Library/Fonts/" contains numerous font files used by the operating system.Users generally should not directly modify this directory.

# Example of font files in /System/Library/Fonts/# Many fonts used by the OS are stored here by default$ls /System/Library/Fonts/ADTNumeric.ttc                  Optima.ttcApple Braille Outline6 Dot.ttf            Palatino.ttcApple Braille Outline8 Dot.ttf            PingFang.ttcApple Braille Pinpoint6 Dot.ttf       SFArabic.ttfApple Braille Pinpoint8 Dot.ttf       SFArabicRounded.ttfApple Braille.ttf               SFArmenian.ttfApple Color Emoji.ttc               SFArmenianRounded.ttfApple Symbols.ttf               SFCamera.ttfAppleSDGothicNeo.ttc                SFCompact.ttfAquaKana.ttc                    SFCompactItalic.ttfArialHB.ttc                 SFCompactRounded.ttfAvenir Next Condensed.ttc           SFGeorgian.ttfAvenir Next.ttc                 SFGeorgianRounded.ttfAvenir.ttc                  SFHebrew.ttfCourier.ttc                 SFHebrewRounded.ttfGeezaPro.ttc                    SFNS.ttfGeneva.ttf                  SFNSItalic.ttfHelveLTMM                   SFNSMono.ttfHelvetica.ttc                   SFNSMonoItalic.ttfHelveticaNeue.ttc               SFNSRounded.ttfHiragino Sans GB.ttc                STHeiti Light.ttcKeyboard.ttf                    STHeiti Medium.ttcKohinoor.ttc                    SupplementalKohinoorBangla.ttc              Symbol.ttfKohinoorGujarati.ttc                ThonburiUI.ttcKohinoorTelugu.ttc              Times.ttcLastResort.otf                  TimesLTMMLucidaGrande.ttc                ZapfDingbats.ttf......