This will automatically open the Font Book software in your dock. In the menu click “Open With” and then hit “Font Book”. Once you right click on the file ending in. If you are on an older computer and need to just use a bare minimum basic font format with no fancy functions then just use the TTF. If you want to utilize all of the ligatures, contextual alternates, and special characters the font has to offer use the OTF version. Right click on either the OTF or TTF file So, if you can’t get your font folder to open as a rule of thumb just double check and make sure it isn’t accidentally still zipped. I can’t tell you how many people forget to unzip there file and think there is something wrong with it. A quick way to search for a file is to just go to the Finder and search your fonts name in the search bar at the top right. If you don’t you’ll have a hard time finding where the files even went. Make sure you know what folder on your computer the file is downloading to. Don’t worry! That’s why I’m here to help you. You have no idea how to install a font on your mac.

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