However, upon restarting and logging in, either normally or via a Safe Login, all disabled fonts are enabled except those that were also disabled in Safe Mode. Any fonts that were disabled before starting up in Safe Mode remain disabled in Safe Mode. fonts in the Macintosh HD > System > Library > Fonts folder.
Starting up in Safe Mode loads only a select set of System fonts, i.e. Leopard introduces the concept of protected fonts, which are specific fonts that cannot be disabled or removed without taking extraordinary steps. Information concerning disabled fonts and any font libraries you create is saved in the fb.db file in your Home > Library > Application Support > Font Book folder. When you first start up in Leopard, all fonts that you disabled under Tiger are enabled. If you disabled fonts using Font Book under Tiger, Font Book 2.1 ignores these settings. This again changes how disabled fonts are handled: How disabled fonts are handled in Font Book 2.1 under Leopard This file contains are your preferences for Font Book. Trash the file in your Home > Library > Preferences folder. Font collections that you create are saved in your Home > Library > Font Collections folder. Note that font libraries are not font collections. Deleting this file will result in enabling all disabled fonts and the loss of any font libraries you have created. Note: the fb.db file contains all information concerning both disabled fonts and font libraries you have created. Trash the fb.db file in your Home > Library > Application Support > Font Book folder. Quit (Command-Q) Font Book if it is open. Perform the following steps in the order specified: 1. Please read this entire procedure before use. #FONT UTILITY FOR MAC MAC OS X#
Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
After restarting normally, fonts disabled in any account will be enabled the next time a user logs in to their account.
Restarting in Safe Mode resets these font caches for all user accounts on the Mac. Disabled font information is saved in a folder within a -Caches- folder deep within a user-specific subfolder of the /private/var/folders/ directory. Snow Leopard includes Font Book 2.2, again changing how disabled fonts are handled: How disabled fonts are handled in Font Book 2.2 under Snow Leopard Log out, then log back in to the affected account.Ĭhoose Font Book > Preferences and reset Font Book preferences as desired. Terminal responds with Removing: followed by the path to the user's font cache folder atsutil is the system font-registration utility.Īt the Terminal prompt, type exit and press Return. Open Terminal, located in the Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities folder.Īt the Terminal prompt, type the following command exactly as written: Trash the file in the Home > Library > Preferences folder. If you want to reset Font Book for a single user: 1. Note that starting up in Safe Mode also resets the font cache of every user account defined on the Mac, meaning that fonts disabled in Font Book will again be enabled in every account. If you are the only user of your Mac, restarting in Safe Mode will clear your font cache, thereby resetting disabled fonts in Font Book. Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard If you plan on using Font Book in conjunction with a third-party font-management solution, we recommend reviewing the documentation of the third-party solution, or contacting the vendor, concerning any potential conflicts between the two. Familiarize yourself with font management in Mac OS X by reviewing the documents in the Related links section of this FAQ. In Font Book, select Help > Font Book Help. In Font Book, select Font Book > Preferences Thoroughly familiarize yourself with Font Book before using it:. Disabling, moving, or removing System fonts. Misunderstanding its default preferences. Most problems related to Font Book arise from: Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther®.Īdditional advice on fonts and Font Book can be found in the "Fonts" and "Font Book" chapters, respectively, of our book, Troubleshooting Mac® OS X. How disabled fonts are handled in Font Book 2.0 under Tiger. Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger®. How disabled fonts are handled in Font Book 2.1 under Leopard. Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard®. How disabled fonts are handled in Font Book 2.2 under Snow Leopard. Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard®. Putting fonts you moved back where they belong. Using the procedures specified in this FAQ, you can "undo" almost everything done by using Font Book except:
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