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How do activate installed fonts?

I downloaded and installed a font family. The only weight that displays as active is the last one in the installation. All others are grayed out and inactive. How do I make them all active for use?


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iMac 21.5″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Feb 20, 2023 12:15 PM

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Posted on Feb 20, 2023 1:02 PM

Try the following in order as needed:


1 - boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.


NOTE 1: Safe Mode boot can take up to 3 - 5 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts 

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files


NOTE 2: if you have a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries connect it with its charging cable before booting into Safe Mode. This makes it act as a wired keyboard as will insure a successful boot into Safe Mode.


2 - How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support  


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Feb 20, 2023 1:02 PM in response to zeeborg

Try the following in order as needed:


1 - boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.


NOTE 1: Safe Mode boot can take up to 3 - 5 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts 

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files


NOTE 2: if you have a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries connect it with its charging cable before booting into Safe Mode. This makes it act as a wired keyboard as will insure a successful boot into Safe Mode.


2 - How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support  


Feb 20, 2023 2:17 PM in response to Old Toad

Before I move forward with your suggestions, some clarification might be in order.

•First, before I submitted my question, I quit all running programs and restarted my machine. No success at fixing.

• This is a new Mac that did an automatic upgrade. That's when the font issues began (the installation of the font family today isn't the only problem that has been posed.)

• I hesitate to boot in safe mode due to your claim that it disables user-installed fonts; I have many purchased fonts on my computer that are necessary to use for documents I modify on a monthly basis. Disabling those fonts is not an option.


I need to figure this out, but cannot risk disabling user-installed fonts (although it would be great to disable all the stupid NOTO fonts)


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