SymbolMT Font Missing

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SymbolMT Font Missing

Hello all,

I think I must have deleted the SymbolMT font by mistake. Does anyone know where it should be on my hard disk? Also, does anyone know where I can get it?

Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Sep 10, 2010 9:44 PM

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Answer 1

Aaron D

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Sep 10, 2010 10:13 PM in response to potatonator

Well, it should be in ~/Library/Fonts/. It's easier just to run the Font Book program in your Applications folder, though, in order to manage them.

A simple search for "symbolmt" in Google pulls up all sorts of places from which to download a copy, but of course I can't vouch for the quality or legality of any of them. 🙂

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Answer 2

A.Carlo

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Sep 10, 2010 10:18 PM in response to potatonator

SymbolMT does not come with OS X; it is a commercial font owned by MonoType (which is what the MT in the name stands for) with licensing restrictions. If you've opened a document that requires that font, you might ask the sender to use a different font. This problem arises typically when they bold/italicize the font (the Symbol font that comes with the system only has the Regular variant).

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Answer 3

potatonator Author

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Sep 11, 2010 5:03 PM in response to A.Carlo

Thanks all. I suppose another question then is whether this font is critical to anything.

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Answer 4

A.Carlo

Level 2

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Sep 11, 2010 6:19 PM in response to potatonator

Since SymbolMT does not come with the operating system, the OS does not use it at all.

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