How to Install/Remove True type fonts on a Macintosh?

The Macintosh files are included with every font package under the Macintosh folder. In downloadable version the fontware is packaged in a zip file, so you need an unzip utility to unpack them first. There are many zip utilities that open ZIP files such as Stuffit Expander (http://www.stuffit.com) from Aladdin Systems.

The true type file in Macintosh platforms contain two portions - the data fork and the resource fork. They are packaged in a binary format known as MacBinary. Thus, before you can install the true type file you need to unpack this binary file first. This step can be performed by simply double click the binary file.

Procedure

1. Download and install StuffIt Expander if you do not have a ZIP utility installed in your system. StuffIt Expander is free and can be downloaded from http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html. When download completes, double click the icon in the desktop to install StuffIt Expander.
2. Download the Fontware from Morovia web site. Unpack the ZIP by dragging downloaded ZIP into the StuffIt Expander icon. StuffIt generates another folder under which you can find a directory named Macintosh. Double click to open the Macintosh subfolder.
3. At this stage you may go ahead to unpack the MacBinary file or read the readme file. The readme file can be opened in SimpleText.
4. Choose the font file you are going to install. Double click the bin file. The system generates another file with font icon. You have successfully decode the font.
5. Double click the Macintosh Hard Disk icon in the desktop then double click the System Folder and the Font Folder. To make the font available to the system, drag and font file into the font folder.
6. Reboot the system. The font is now ready to use.

To Remove the font: