Having just downloaded Pages to my new Macbook Pro, I was surprised to find it had fewer fonts available than the demonstration MacBook I saw in the store. (Specifically the Edwardian Script font is not on the list of fonts I can select in Pages.) Must I download additional fonts? If so, how do I do that?
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
Blue Alii wrote:
Specifically the Edwardian Script font is not on the list of fonts I can select in Pages.)
The dropdown menu is sometimes not accurate. Always check the menu you find via Format > Font > Show Fonts as well.
Personally, I choose to add non-OS X fonts into my local fonts directory. It is located at /Users/you/Library/Fonts. This location is among the font search paths used by the operating system, and fonts added here, will also become available to applications, including Pages.
This has the advantage of not cluttering up the System font installation areas. It is not clear to me if major, or minor OS X updates will remove non-original System fonts as part of the installation process — as I have always used the local font directory.
Many new users to Pages also do not realize that the operating system also installs additional iWork fonts in an undocumented location. Until one adds a new font collection (call it iWork) in Font Book, and navigate to this folder location and include the fonts — they will be unavailable. See the Font Book Help topic, “Create font collections or libraries." Right-click on your new iWork collection in Font Book, and at the bottom of the contextual menu, choose Add Fonts…, and navigate to the following location. Single-click the iWork folder to commence adding its fonts.
/Library/Application Support/Apple/Fonts/iWork
In addition to what Viking has said, recent versions of OS X, from Mountain Lion on I think, allow you to manage sets of fonts using Font Book in separate locations which can be extremely useful.
You can for example create a folder in your job folder just for the fonts used, then open and close them as needed.
Also you can store fonts on remote locations, e.g. a local server (LAN) or wider area server (WAN), thus assuring everyone is using the same set without duplication or substitution.
Peter
Pages doesn't have any fonts, OS X does.
All you need do is download some fonts (thousands are available on the Internet), double click on them and they will install.
Peter
Thank you to all! All of the information is most useful.
Fonts available in Pages
