Change macOS Big Sur Tibetan font: Kokonor to Kailasa?

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Change macOS Big Sur Tibetan font: Kokonor to Kailasa?

Any way to change the default System font for Tibetan in macOS (11 Big Sur) from Kokonor to Kailasa?

Two Tibetan fonts come with macOS 11 Big Sur: Kailasa and Kokonor. Kokonor appears to be the font used in the System for file names and such in the Finder, but I don't care for the look. Is there some way to change this to Kailasa?

MacBook Pro 15″

Posted on Jan 14, 2026 5:27 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

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Jan 15, 2026 4:34 AM in response to HandyMac

There's no way to change system fonts in MacOS. To ask Apple to add this feature in future OS versions, you can use

http://www.apple.com/feedback

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HandyMac Author

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Jan 15, 2026 6:02 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Hi, Tom. Thanks for your response. That's what I figured. Unfortunate, as Kokonor is really not a very attractive design.

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Answer 3

Tom Gewecke

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Jan 15, 2026 8:05 AM in response to HandyMac

HandyMac wrote:

Kokonor is really not a very attractive design.

Agreed. I see the default is the same in Sequoia and Tahoe.

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