Re: What fonts are guaranteed to be on a user's machine?
Re: What fonts are guaranteed to be on a user's machine?
- Subject: Re: What fonts are guaranteed to be on a user's machine?
- From: Abhi Beckert <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:11:49 +1000
I haven't looked it up, but my understanding is that you can rely on
any font that's in /System/Library/Fonts. But the fonts in
/Library/Fonts might not be on all macs, and are subject to change
with major upgrades to MacOS (for example, I think tiger has a few new
fonts, and some previous ones are gone if you don't install over an
existing panther installation).
If you need one that's not in /System I'd either put it in the app
bundle (if the license permits) or just use a substitute font that you
can rely on when it's not installed.
- Abhi
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:25:09 -0500, Glenn Zelniker <email@hidden> wrote:
> Sorry if this has been covered before. I have an application that I'm
> "skinning" and I want to use certain fonts on pulldown menus, buttons,
> and the like. I know it's safest to use things like systemFont,
> boldSystemFont, etc., but what if I want to use a font like Helvetica?
> If, in fact, I can't count on a font being on the end-user's machine,
> is there a simple way to include a font in the application's bundle and
> install it from the application -- without making the user go to the
> trouble of installing the font manually?
>
> Glenn Zelniker
>
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