why is font times.ttc not available

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why is font times.ttc not available

Times.ttc appears in Font Book in Catalina and Big Sur for users. It works in Monterey, if installed in /Library/Fonts, but doesn't appear in Font book. In each case, it is in /system/Library/fonts. In Ventura, if you try to install it in /Library/Fonts it says it has a "minor error" (a duplicate font, duh), but the check box is grayed out.

Can you explain that to me. I need a Times font because my colleagues and students send me Word files from Windows that use Times.

Dan Fleming

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Jan 7, 2023 2:32 PM

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Answer 1

rsclavi

Level 1

8 points

Jan 19, 2023 10:10 AM in response to paulfromkalamazoo

Same problem here but I've found a partial workaround. I copied Times.dfont from System > Library > Fonts of an old Mac running Sierra to my Ventura Mac and added it to My Fonts using Font Book. Got a "duplicate font" warning message but ignored it. Times font now shows in Font Book and works properly in LibreOffice and Inkscape with all the ligatures (that's why in my opinion Times is better than Times New Roman). But it still does not appear in Pages and Keynote.

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Answer 2

Old Toad

Level 10

215,136 points

Jan 7, 2023 3:00 PM in response to paulfromkalamazoo

I found Times.ttc here:

but it doesn't show in Font Book either.

Have you tried Times New Roman? It might be a satisfactory replacement. Otherwise you'll have to look online for a Times font to download that's not .ttc, if there is one. Another Serf font that migh work as an alternate is Charter.

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Answer 3

Jan 7, 2023 3:13 PM in response to Old Toad

I need both Times and Times New Roman as separate fonts. I can do that in Windows, but not in Ventura!

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why is font times.ttc not available

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