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The Forfeit

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:24 pm    Post subject: How do you load a font on a mac? Reply with quote

I own a Mac and have tried several times to download a font from the internet and then load it into photoshop, but to no avail. It downloads to my download window but it's a zip file. How do I get this into photoshop?
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bdbolin

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just open your finder. Go Applications --> Font Book --> And drag your downloaded font into that. Photoshop will sync automatically to your Font Book. Any questions PM me :)
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also you can dump the unzipped font into your font folder.

Macintosh HD>Library>Fonts

Quit, and restart PS and you should see your font.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It wont let me drag the downloaded font into the FontBook, or add it in anyway. Any ideas?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

what is the extension (.???) on these fonts your adding?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

.sit or .zip
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

make sure you unzip the font first
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How do I unzip it?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually on a mac it usually automatically un-zips the file when you download it....
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or if it isn't un-zipping download an extractor from the apple website.
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