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Q: Re: Font Book. I selected "restore standard font' by mistake. How to reverse my selecton. The Undo button is dimmed, so I cannot undo it. Any suggestions ? Thanks!

Re: Font Book.

I selected "restore standard font' by mistake. How to reverse my selection. The Undo button is dimmed, so I cannot undo it. Any suggestions ? Many thanks in advance!

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Sep 6, 2016 6:45 PM

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Sep 6, 2016 6:49 PM in response to asia888
    Level 10 (122,477 points)
    Apple Music
    Sep 6, 2016 6:49 PM in response to asia888

    If you click, "Restore standard fonts", fonts not included in the OS X system install will be placed in a "Fonts (Removed) folder next to the Fonts folder.

     

     

     

    /Library/Fonts

  • by asia888,

    asia888 asia888 Sep 6, 2016 7:09 PM in response to Carolyn Samit
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 6, 2016 7:09 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

    Thanks Carolyn for your tip. But I could not find the fonts Removed folder ... Where should I look for the folder? Thanks!

    Sasha

  • by tygb ,Helpful

    tygb Sep 11, 2016 3:02 PM in response to asia888
    Level 2 (398 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 3:02 PM in response to asia888

    Hello !

                 To find out removed fonts ,please click on go to go folder and type ~/Library  find fonts ( removed ) .

    To bring back to their original place .

    ( a ) Close all applications and form a new folder on desktop by pressing shift + command + N

     

    ( b) Please go to go folder and type ~/Library open folder Fonts ( removed ) , select all fonts ( command + A)

    copy them ( command + C ) .

     

    ( c) Open the new folder that is formed on the desktop and press command + V  , all fonts will be copied in this folder , you can verify it by opening the folder .

     

    ( d ) Then , open font book via spotlight on top menu bar click on file and again click on add fonts or you can do in another way open font book and click on plus sign .

     

    ( e) All deleted fonts will be transferred to their original place .

     

    Thanks !

  • by asia888,

    asia888 asia888 Sep 11, 2016 3:09 PM in response to tygb
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 11, 2016 3:09 PM in response to tygb

    Thanks for your detailed tips. After I posted my problem, I called apple care and got Dan from the Pages Dept to help me out with this. What he said was very much what you posted here, which works ! !  Thanks again for taking time to respond !!

  • by tygb ,Helpful

    tygb Sep 17, 2016 6:06 AM in response to asia888
    Level 2 (398 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 17, 2016 6:06 AM in response to asia888

    You are welcome .