Right now I only have a few fonts showing up in Mail - some Helvetica, Monaco, Osaka and Verdana.
I was wondering, how can I add some more fonts, and which fonts are pretty much assured to be fonts most Mac and Windows recipients would have?
Thanks,
doug
Do you mean that some of the fonts you have aren't selectable in Mail preferences?
All the fonts in the Mail preferences list are selectable. But there are just a handful of fonts there from which to choose.
By comparison in, say, Font Book, there are 227 fonts.
Thanks,
doug
Have you installed a third-party utility that deactivates fonts?
As far as I know I've never in my life installed any font-related utilities at all. I've always just used what's there.
doug
Have you validated your fonts in Font Book? If not, please do that now.
I had not validated fonts in Font Book.
Anyway, I just (1) turned on automatic font validation and for good measure (2) manually validated Cambria (and got a success dialog that the family of Cambria fonts had been validated).
Then I quit and re-opened Mail, but Cambria still does not appear as one of the available fonts.
In TextEdit the other fonts don't appear in the default font selection window either, but there is an "All Fonts" item which displays all the rest of them.
But Mail doesn't seem to have an "All Fonts" item.
doug
...Mail doesn't seem to have an "All Fonts" item.
Are you sure about that? Scroll to the top of the leftmost pane of the font selection dialog.
Here's a screenshot of me scrolled all the way to the top. Am I missing something?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i06khh6dt9kxtnf/fonts.jpg
Thanks,
doug
A font-selection dialog in Lion should look like this:
Is that not what you have?
My font selection dialog in Mail looks like my screenshot above, and I am using 10.7.4. Your Mail font selection dialog looks different?
doug
Yes. What about the dialog in other applications, such as TextEdit? Does it look like mine or like the one you posted?
In TextEdit my font selection dialog looks like yours.
doug
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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then either copy or drag it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. The other steps should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ If you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the page that opens.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” (without the quotes) and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Copy or drag — do not type — the line below into the Terminal window, then press return:
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'Post the lines of output (if any) that appear below what you just entered (the text, please, not a screenshot.) You can omit the final line ending in “$”.
Step 2
Repeat with this line:
sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfix|x)/{print $3}'This time, you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. You don't need to post the warning.
Note: If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before taking this step. If that’s not possible, skip to the next step.
Step 3
launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|edu\.mit|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'Step 4
ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/nullImportant: If you synchronize with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, anonymize it before posting.
Step 5
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/nullRemember, steps 1-5 are all drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste, whichever you prefer — no typing, except your password. Also remember to post the output.
You can then quit Terminal.
Thanks, I will look that over and try it in the morning. It's after midnight now and I'm falling asleep.
Thanks!
doug
Before falling asleep I just skimmed your note and it looked a lot longer than it really was because I didn't notice most of the instructions were just how to use the terminal. :
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
OK. I have geared myself for the disappointment.
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport (4.0)
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.0)
net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.0.5)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.0.8)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.0.8)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.0.8)
com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (7.0
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.0.8)
com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (7.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (7.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (7.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (7.0
Note: I recognize all of those except for telestream and virtualbox.
sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfix|x)/{print $3}'
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.parallels.vm.prl_naptd
com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon
com.logmein.raupdate
com.logmein.logmeinserver
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.08C53D2B-3453-49B7-BD43-1128FE8AED33
com.bombich.ccc
com.barebones.bbedit
com.adobe.versioncueCS4
Note: A separate issue, but Adobe is driving me crazy asking to upgrade the same Adobe reader app every day.
launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|edu\.mit|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'
com.google.keystone.system.agent
com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy
com.parallels.DesktopControlAgent
com.parallels.desktop.client.launch
com.logmein.logmeinguiagent
com.logmein.logmeingui
com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager
ws.agile.1PasswordAgent
com.adobe.ARM.776baf8b6e2be802959930bcaa8f4759ea56201f7a67fd844c5543f7
com.adobe.ARM.369c1432b4b6691558f86576f7ef356fbe52e8142b798c94f5922279
com.adobe.ARM.066e9f41ee9d292e1e1618e48b7f4d61c736c39d6b8852a474bf3d72
ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
VBoxDrv.kext
VBoxNetAdp.kext
VBoxNetFlt.kext
VBoxUSB.kext
/Library/Frameworks:
.DS_Store
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
Adobe AIR.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
DivX Toolkit.framework
EWSMac.framework
GlimsAdditions.framework
HPDeviceModel.framework
HPPml.framework
HPServicesInterface.framework
HPSmartPrint.framework
MacFUSE.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
PluginManager.framework
iLifeFaceRecognition.framework
iLifeKit.framework
iLifePageLayout.framework
iLifeSQLAccess.framework
iLifeSlideshow.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/InputManagers:
Ecamm
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
LogMeIn.plugin
LogMeInSafari32.plugin
LogMeInSafari64.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
npContributeMac.bundle
npdivx.xpt
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.logmein.logmeingui.plist
com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist
com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist
com.parallels.DesktopControlAgent.plist
com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist
com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.barebones.bbedit.plist
com.bombich.ccc.plist
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.08C53D2B-3453-49B7-BD43-1128FE8AED33.plist
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.2BFBC83C-A5A4-447A-91C5-9028C1AF32D7.plist
com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.DBE26A69-046E-469B-8083-0E4005BF16BF.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist
com.logmein.raupdate.plist
com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
DivX.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
MacFUSE.prefPane
VersionCueCS4.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
Google Drive Icon Helper
com.barebones.bbedit
com.bombich.ccc
/Library/QuickLook:
GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
DivX Decoder.component
DivX Encoder.component
SoundboothScoreCodec.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Adobe Unit Types.osax
/Library/Spotlight:
GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
LogicPro.mdimporter
Microsoft Entourage.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iWeb.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
Jaksta
MySQLCOM
ParallelsTransporter
VirtualBox
tap
tun
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/null
Growl, GrowlHelperApp, Snapz Pro X, Skype, GrowlHelperApp, Adium, iChat, iTunesHelper, SpeechSynthesisServer, OpenTerminal, EvernoteHelper, LogMeIn, Google Drive, Dropbox
doug
Adding fonts to Mail?