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SYNC MICROSOFT WORD FONTS WITH FONTBOOK FOR MAC
SYNC MICROSOFT WORD FONTS WITH FONTBOOK INSTALL

Lion? goto finder and hold the option key and ….

SYNC MICROSOFT WORD FONTS WITH FONTBOOK FOR MAC

Microsoft moved it for Office 2011 for Mac for some computers different than others

Microsoft font cache file can be delete so it will force a refresh – but it can be in 2 places – check both.

Don’t assume that because a font works in lets say Word, that it will appear in Excel – it might once the cache catches up.

Adding fonts to the user fonts will never show up in Microsoft Office products.

Don’t forget to reboot before ripping your hair out

A reboot triggers the Mac Font store to sync with Office.

drag them from your Finder onto Computer (under the Collection section at the left of the Font Book app).

instead – start up Font Book (use the spotlight or magnifying glass to find it quick in the upper right of your Mac).

SYNC MICROSOFT WORD FONTS WITH FONTBOOK INSTALL

To install fonts for MS Office 2011 – don’t double click them – this installs them naturally in the user fonts.

ONLY TTF fonts work for Office – or so MS claims.

Microsoft Office fonts in /Library/Fonts/Microsoft (ahhh I see).

system fonts in /System/Library/Fonts (never ever touch these).

computer wide (all accounts) fonts in /Library/Fonts.

user fonts stored in /Users/youraccount/Library/Fonts.

I researched dozens of websites each adding a piece to the puzzle. I now know more about fonts that I ever wanted to know especially how Microsoft fonts fit into the Mac picture. One customer had issues with a critical branding font that installs fine on everyone else’s Macbook but not theirs. When things go wrong – they can sometimes really go wrong. One your apps have loaded, quit your Microsoft Office apps and relaunch them a second time to see your updated fonts list.Macs are not perfect even though one’s productivity is much higher with one. defaults write PrioritizedFonts -array "Helvetica-Light" "Helvetica" "Helvetica-LightOblique" "TimesNewRomanPSMT" Postscript names here are case-sensitive and must match exactly what Font Book.app provides. Type the command ' defaults write PrioritizedFonts -array "postscript name 1" "postscript name 2" "etc."’ and hit return to run it. Select the font you want to prioritize in the center paneĮnsure Font Information is selected in the top left of the window, and find the PostScript Name field in the right pane and copy it. Launch Font Book (open applications folder in Finder, find and launch "Font book.app") Note: Postscript names are not the same as font families and each style will have a different postscript name, so to prioritize an entire font family you may need to add multiple names.

You can work around this by setting the fonts you need that do not appear as prioritized fonts. This causes some fonts not to appear in the font picker.

If you have a large number of fonts installed on your system, Microsoft Office apps may not be able to load all the fonts. If you have a single version of font, check the font type. If the font type is displayed as “PostScript-Type1”, we recommend you upgrade it to a newer "OpenType" version of the font. Some fonts may be missing."Ĭheck the installed versions of the font. If you have multiple versions, then make sure the latest version of the font is active. You may see a message bar saying "We were unable to load all your fonts. Some fonts are being substituted with other fonts. Some fonts including Times New Roman are missing or unavailable in the font picker. Text appears garbled or in a different font. Users may see issues with fonts when using version 16.9 of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote and Microsoft PowerPoint on macOS.