Chuck Weger

Font Fatigue: The Character Palette

The Character Palette in Mac OS X is a very cool font viewer and character selector -- sort of like KeyCaps on steroids (see Figure 1).

Unfortunately, for some reason Apple made it very hard to get to initially. After you "install" it, it shows up in the menu bar of every non-Classic application (see Figure 2).

Font Fatigue: Font Locations in Mac OS X

Mac OS X is designed to be a multi-user system; each individual user can have his or her very own settings, preferences, and even fonts.

Font Fatigue: A Word About OS X Folder Terminology

Slashes, tildes, and libraries -- how to decipher folder names and locations in Mac OS X.

Font Fatigue: Terminal Madness

If you like tinkering with Unix command lines, see what happens when you remove the wrong version of a common font.

Font Fatigue: The Font Twilight Zone

A Surreal-world example for the uninitiated, or as Rod Serling might say, "Submitted for your approval": Jim runs a print shop that specializes in newsletters. A variety of client page layout files (from QuarkXPress, InDesign, even Microsoft Word) come in every day. One day a client file arrives that uses Times and Helvetica. Pretty standard stuff for newsletter neophytes. Jim opens the file in the application (let's say it's InDesign, a native Mac OS X application) and does the standard preflight checks for missing graphics and missing fonts.

Font Fatigue: Pruning Excess Fonts in Mac OS X

Managing your font libraries in Mac OS X is a multi-step process. The first of these was knowing where to look. The second, covered here, is getting rid of duplicates and stashing them in places where they can do no harm. OS X-transition consultant Chuck Weger shows you how.

Font Fatigue: How Fonts Really Work in Mac OS X

You've heard the stories about the font boogeyman in the closet of Mac OS X, but as with all urban computer legends, most of what you hear isn't true. In this first part of a series on font management in OS X, Chuck Weger confirms some tales and dispels some falsehoods.