Q: OS 9 (Mac g4) font migration
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Sep 9, 2016 5:11 PMby ChitlinsCC,You said he had been "using it for the odd graphic design project" - which means to me that it boots and works OK for his needs
Maybe you should start over and tell us all!
If you Dad was a designer, he is likely very well acquainted with his Mac... why not get his help in crafting a complete story of his old Mac for us?
Start with Menu > About this Mac - you can post what you read or take a screenshot
Command + SHIFT > 4 THEN SPACEBAR will turn the cursor into a camera > click anywhere in the bounds of the panel/window
the shot will save to the desktop
camera tool in the compose window here will guide you inserting the image
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Sep 9, 2016 5:15 PMby Drew Reece,I believe it will depend on the font formats. I think truetype fonts can work but other formats like suitcase may not work.
If you have a disk or USB drive format it on the G4 & try reading it on the iMac. See if FontBook on the iMac can read the desired fonts (in the /Applications/Utilities folder).
Your dad may be able to show you which fonts are just display fonts (bitmaps that print terribly), ideally you need to grab the high resolution ones for printing. Frankly it has been years since I touched OS 9 fonts but I recollect some would work on OS X. There were converters for some formats but I'm afraid it has been too long to recall the names
Hopefully you will get attention from folks who are still using classic or OS 9.
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Sep 9, 2016 5:40 PMby Drew Reece,Drag the fonts onto the Font Book app icon (or use File > Add Fonts).
If they are valid on OS X Font Book will preview them & offer to install, the User folder is probably fine for just one user to use them.
That copies them into ~/Library/Fonts (~/ is the current users home folder).
You can add them to other Libraries for all users to access them, however you want to avoid replacing the OS ones, as it can effect booting & you may have some that existed on both OS's.
