How many fonts can OS X have?

aquaticaquatic
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
As the title says. Just wondering if there's a font limit in OS X, and if so what it is.



I have thousands of fonts I'd like to use. I hope I don't need to rely on sketchy 3rd party software (cough ATM Deluxe) for lots of fonts.



AND, when I moved a folder with subfolders, containing my huge font collection, into my Font folder in my Library, NONE of the Fonts were recognized. I'm Admin and the only user. 10.1.4, plain vanilla system, with AppleWorks fonts installed. When I moved a subfolder of Fonts into my fonts folder directly, they all of a sudden worked. Do we have to have all our fonts in the Font folder, and not in subfolders? This would SUCK as I have them very well organized and grouped. Can anyone please help me? I'm trying to switch to OS X but can't until I get this resolved... :confused:

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Please, can someone just tell me the Font number!

    Thank you



    I just noticed "Collections"... I'm very new to OS X. However, I saw them in Text Edit. I did NOT see them in Office. Will the ability to do Collections in Word/Office come in SR-2? Or will I have to get Office 11
  • Reply 2 of 8
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Office will forever use its own custom interface for interacting with anything. That's covered in chapter 3, section 7, paragraph 12 of The Microsoft Way?.



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    That said, I have no idea how many fonts OSX can handle. I do envy you for having thousands of fonts, as I have a meager 152.



    I wish I could be of more help, but I'm just not too experienced of the font front.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    jeremiah richjeremiah rich Posts: 853member
    And how do we convert them? I have been trying to figure this out ever since I moved to osX.. (Most of the time I have had my mac lol)
  • Reply 4 of 8
    jeremiah richjeremiah rich Posts: 853member
    Hmm... I have tried simply dragging, and it did not work. I suppose I just did someting wrong. I will try it again when I get the chance.
  • Reply 5 of 8
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Icons?? Is that a typo -- twice? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 6 of 8
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Xidius are you saying there's no font limit in OS X? I hope so!



    So how do we convert fonts?



    And do you know if we're supposed to be able to have subfolders in our font folder?



    This would make organization, well, possible.



    The more I think about it, the more I think Office SUCKS for not supporting Collections. Office 11 for $400 anyone?
  • Reply 7 of 8
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Starfleet X, most of the fonts I have I just found from looking for fonts on the web. On a Hotline or Carracho server there's also usually a file called "300 Handwriting Fonts." Good stuff, I love script fonts, and if you see this collection, I recommend getting it. No Readme so not sure about where it came from.
  • Reply 8 of 8
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    from the latest Thinksecret article on Jaguar:



    [quote]

    Are fonts that are located in sub-folders of the OS X fonts folders recognized by applications?



    Tests of Jaguar have shown this to be true.

    <hr></blockquote>



    ZO, anyone else with Jaguar, can you validate this? This would be AWESOME! Now all we need is for M$ to get off their high and proprietary horse, and support Collections and other Apple technology.
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