How to install fonts on Mac in 2025

Adding fonts on your Mac takes only a few minutes. Even though I was a newbie before (I'm not a designer), it took me less than 10 minutes to get it done. So, let's see how to download and install fonts on your Mac.

I'll cover the built-in font book app and other tools I've discovered after delving into font-related content. I hope they help you to improve your fonts easily.

Suggestions on downloading fonts

Before you start installing fonts on your Mac, you need to know a little bit about the font source.

• Apple. Simply open the built-in font book app and select the grey font to add it to your Mac (see below for more information).
• Third party. You can purchase new fonts in one go or subscribe to the Font Service.
• Free fonts. They are open to the public, used for personal purposes or belong to the public domain.
• Demo version. You can try out fonts through the demo version.
• DIY. Using the design tool, you can create or edit fonts. If you want to customize the font for your company or brand, you can hire a designer to develop it for you, or you can try to do it yourself, especially if you have the right background, knowledge, skills and desire to take on such a project.

Glyphs Mini is an app that allows you to create fonts from scratch as well as edit fonts. This great font editor is only over 20 megabytes, but it can actually help you create custom fonts yourself! If you are totally new to me, you may need to spend a minute or ten minutes learning some tutorials and guides, but eventually, you will be able to make your own fonts.

How to add fonts on your Mac

Whether you want to buy more fonts, add custom fonts developed by the company for the brand, extend your font collection with free personal or demo rare fonts found, add fonts for a specific language, or something else, you may need to add fonts to your Mac.

Let's see how to do this with font booklets, DaFont, Path Finder, or manual actions, then go to How to best manage your collections, install fonts for individual accounts, enable or disable them, and more practical tips on adding fonts to your Mac.

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To install fonts on your Mac via the built-in font booklet application:

1. Go to Finder > Applications.
2. Double-click the font album icon.
3. Browse the fonts in the list and select a gray font.
4. Click the download icon to install.

This is a way to download fonts on your Mac. To add fonts saved to folders on your Mac, simply drag the font file to the font book window. Alternatively, you can open the Font Book app and select File > Add Fonts to Current User. In the window that appears, double-click the font file. Finish!

Install new fonts on your Mac using DaFont

DaFont is a popular source of fonts that are usually free for personal use. Here is how to download and use the downloaded fonts on your Mac:

1. Go to dafont.com and browse fonts.
2. Click the download next to your favorite font and wait for the package to download to your Mac.
3. Go to the download folder in Finder (if this is your default download location) and open the folder containing the fonts you downloaded. It is usually named after the font name you saved.
4. Double-click the OTF or TTF file inside it, and then click Install Fonts.

More ways to add Mac fonts manually

If you just want to add files to the Fonts folder in Library, here is the algorithm:

1. Open Finder, click Go in the top menu bar, and select Go to Folder.
2. enter ~/Library And press Enter.
3. Find the Fonts folder in Library and open it.
4. Drag and drop your font file into the Fonts folder. Finish! You can now also see your fonts in the font booklet.

Tip To make it easier to view your file system and add fonts to all users on your computer, use Path Finder. The app provides a bird's-eye view of the file and folder system, allowing you to easily view the full path of the file.

To add fonts to all users using Path Finder, simply drag and drop the font file to the Fonts folder in Library on boot disk (Macintosh HD):

To delete a font, just delete it from the Fonts folder.

Effectively manage Mac fonts

Your font collection will continue to grow over time. Of course, the font booklet makes it easy for you to track and manage all fonts.

When you open the app, all default fonts are displayed in the All Fonts tab. Everything you have since installation is added to the My Fonts tab.

You can combine various fonts into a collection (for example, for specific projects; or based on style). To do this, just open the Font Book app and select File > New Collection. Name your collection and then simply drag the desired font into its name (located in the sidebar on the left).

However, if you want more flexibility and functionality, font books aren't the best choice. Instead, try using a font manager like Typeface.

The app allows you to preview fonts as text, browse easily, and then drag and drop fonts into a "favorites" or other folder to track your favorite project fonts. You can also import fonts through the application.

Typeface also has night mode. Even if you are not planning to pick a font in a dark room, it can help you preview how the font looks against a dark background. To turn on dark mode in Typeface, go to View > Night Mode. You can also use hotkey combinations Option N To turn it on and off immediately:

Install fonts only for your account

This is also possible if you are curious how to install fonts on your Mac only for your account. In fact, in the font list, the installation font is set to the user by default. This means that if you add fonts through your Mac's built-in application font booklet as shown above, that font is only added to your Mac account.

To switch to the default font addition for all users (and vice versa):

1. Open the Font Book and go to Font Book > Settings.
2. Select the Installation tab.
3. Next to the default installation location, select All users or current users from the drop-down menu.

Please read also:

• Mac default fonts
• How to edit fonts on your Mac
• Mockuuups Studio Walkthrough
• Target disk mode Mac

How to disable and enable fonts on Macintosh

To disable fonts in font books on your Mac:

1. In the Font Book application on your Mac, select one or more fonts or collections of fonts.
2. Select Edit > Deactivate and click Deactivate Fonts (or Deactivate Fonts) to confirm. Deactivated fonts will become darker in the font list.

How to install WOFF fonts on Mac

WOFF stands for Web Open Font Format. It is mainly used for web pages. It looks like Mac computers don't support this format because I didn't find this format on the Apple Support page for this topic. The supported formats listed are TTF, TTC, and OTF.

However, if your font folder does not contain any TTF, TTC, or OTF files and you only have WOFF files to use, don't be discouraged - you can easily convert WOFF files online. We have managed to convert such files to TTF in seconds on convertio.co. The OTF file format can also be used:

How to Preview Fonts on Mac

Now that you know where to put the font on your Mac, let's explore ways to preview the font.

To preview fonts in the font booklet:

1. In the Font Book app on your Mac, select the font collection or library in the sidebar.
2. Click one of the following buttons in the toolbar: Grid: Displays the font as a grid with a sample character or symbol.
3. Double-click the font to preview characters or view the complete library of characters and symbols.

Remember the Typeface I mentioned? If you want high-quality font previews, it is the best tool as it allows you to view fonts that are adjusted to different layouts and projects. What's more, you can drag and drop fonts from Typeface into your design application (such as Sketch) and see how the fonts change dynamically.

Add colors to complete the workflow

No font is isolated. You need colors to really bring your font to life. Create an amazing color palette for your projects with Aquarelo.

The app is a simple color manager that can help you generate a wonderful palette. You can customize the number of shadows in the palette and add hexadecimal numbers for the base color, or just type the name of the color you want and see the magic of the app:

Additionally, you can use Aquarelo's color picker to get colors from images, or import a palette or image for color generation.

Install and manage Mac fonts with Setapp

It only takes a few seconds to install the new font onto your Mac. You can do this in a number of ways, including manually adding, installing from downloaded font files, through font books, Typeface or Path Finder, as described above. You can also make the added fonts available only to every account on your user or Mac.

Adding and removing fonts complements enabling and disabling them. If you don't want to delete the font file, you can just disable the font to make it unavailable, but you can re-enable it at any time. If no font is suitable for your needs, you can actually design your own fonts using an app like Glyphs Mini.

I hope the above guide will be helpful in solving your font installation issues. You can get the convenient apps we mentioned in our article in Setapp - Font Manager Typeface, File and Folder Viewer Path Finder, Font Editor Glyphs Min, and Palette Generator Aquarelo, Setapp is a suite of over 250 applications that can easily help you with daily tasks on your Mac and iPhone.

The best part? You can try Setapp for free and enjoy a free seven-day trial. Start exploring now and see if you like it.

FAQ

How to install fonts on PowerPoint Mac?

Once you download the font to your Mac, whether it is through the font book, Typeface, or any other application, open PowerPoint and navigate to the Format tab. Then, click the Font drop-down menu and select the font you downloaded.

How to install fonts for Cricut on Mac?

While Cricut Design Space comes with a large number of pre-installed fonts, you can download other fonts as well. Like PowerPoint, you need to download custom fonts to your Mac. Next, open your project in Cricut, add a new text layer, and click the Font drop-down menu in the toolbar. You can find fonts by typing its name or applying a "system" filter and finding it in the installed font.

How to install fonts on Mac Word?

The good news is that you don't need to install fonts specifically for apps like Word, you just have to install them on your Mac. Once you've done this, restart your Mac, open Word, and go to Fonts – where you'll find the newly installed fonts.

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