Keynote/Pages does not display some fonts

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Keynote/Pages does not display some fonts

Following the threat Keynote will not display some fonts - Apple CommunityI still have problems with fonts in Keynote. I added the font manually in Font book (it's a Google font called "Heebo"). It's now listed in the fontbook and activated. So on this side, it's seems OK. But when I open a keynote or a Page document, The font doesn't appear in the list (I already restart my computer twice!).

I made this for a further test : I created a doc with another software (a .doc) and I used Heebo there. Then I opened that file with Pages, then Heebo appears on the list but only for that document not for the others.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Apr 19, 2023 3:20 AM

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vrinsben Author

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Apr 26, 2023 12:30 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Hi Tom,

The first source is Adobe

https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/heebo

The second source is Google Fonts

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Heebo

Here is the validation test launched by the Apple Font book :

As you can see there is no problem detected with that font.

But we still cannot use it on all our apple computer in Page and Keynote. Can you give me a support on this please ?

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Apr 26, 2023 6:22 AM in response to vrinsben

When you download the Heebo font from Google, it will download a compressed Zip file containing a single variable font (e.g. Heebo-variablefont_wght.ttf, and a folder named static containing a larger collection of Heebo fonts. The variable font contains seven Heebo typefaces and the static fonts are nine. In either case, I created a new folder named Heebo in my /Users/viking/Library/Fonts folder and initially placed the variable font in it alone.

What I found in practice is that at minimum, one must logout and back in to macOS in order for Pages to see the Heebo font, whether the single variable font-face font, or the separate nine static faces, depending on what you copy into that Heebo folder.

Pages 13 on macOS Ventura 13.3.1 using the nine Heebo static fonts:

These nine faces validated correctly in Font Book.

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vrinsben Author

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Apr 26, 2023 8:52 AM in response to VikingOSX

Hi VikingOSX

I made a try the way you propose. I downloaded the ZIP file from Google Fonts website, I created a new folder named Heebo in my /Fonts folder and initially placed the variable font Heebo-VariableFont_wght in it alone. The font book recognizes it :

The I shut down my computer and restart it. I opened Pages and Keynote. Still no Heebo in the fonts list :-(

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Answer 4

Apr 26, 2023 10:13 AM in response to vrinsben

I didn't bother to reboot, but just to logout. Whether I dragged the Heebo-VariableFont_wght.ttf file into the /Users/viking/Library/Fonts/Heebo folder, or replaced it with the nine static fonts, upon signing back into macOS Ventura, Pages was able to see the fonts in its font viewer (as I displayed above). The fonts must have the .ttf extension on them.

As you observed, years ago when I downloaded the Roboto font from Google, it just worked without needing to cycle logout. It may also predate Google providing variable (*wght.ttf) fonts.

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