Fonts on a Mac

[George R. Hozendorf]

Is there any way to cut down the font list in the format menu on a  
Mac?  I found how to do it on Windows, but no luck on Mac.

George

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[Brian Beer]

I don't know if there's a way to limit the list from inside Filemaker,  
but you can control them at the system level.

The fonts are stored in the system library and the user library, but I  
would recommend using font management software.  Personally, I like  
FontExplorer http://www.fontexplorerx.com/.  It used to be free and  
you can still download the free (and unsupported) 1.2.3 version http://www.fontexplorerx.com/download/

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On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:38 PM, George R. Hozendorf wrote:

> Is there any way to cut down the font list in the format menu on a  
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[Lee Smith-5]

Why would you want to do this? You can control what Font ends up in  
the field using Text Styles, Remove, etc.

Lee

On Oct 16, 2009, at 7:38 PM, George R. Hozendorf wrote:

> Is there any way to cut down the font list in the format menu on a  
> Mac?  I found how to do it on Windows, but no luck on Mac.
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[George R. Hozendorf]

Just trying to shorten the list of available choices during  
development.  It's a long scroll from Ariel to Wingdings.

On Oct 17, 2009, at 10/17/09 - 7:27 AM, Lee Smith wrote:

> Why would you want to do this? You can control what Font ends up in  
> the field using Text Styles, Remove, etc.
>
> Lee
>
> On Oct 16, 2009, at 7:38 PM, George R. Hozendorf wrote:
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>> Is there any way to cut down the font list in the format menu on a  
>> Mac?  I found how to do it on Windows, but no luck on Mac.
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[Trevor Jacques]

> It's a long scroll from Ariel to Wingdings.

Why are you scrolling? Just click the menu, then type the first letter or two of the desired font to arrive there in the pull-down list. The up/down arrows and the enter key can finish things, if you want.

Alternatively, use Font Book (comes with OS X) to turn fonts on and off for the user or for the entire computer. Mac basics, really. :-)

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[George R. Hozendorf]

Never knew about "type first letter".  Thanks.


On Oct 17, 2009, at 10/17/09 - 7:47 AM, Trevor Jacques wrote:

>> It's a long scroll from Ariel to Wingdings.
>
> Why are you scrolling? Just click the menu, then type the first  
> letter or two of the desired font to arrive there in the pull-down  
> list. The up/down arrows and the enter key can finish things, if you  
> want.
>
> Alternatively, use Font Book (comes with OS X) to turn fonts on and  
> off for the user or for the entire computer. Mac basics, really. :-)
>
> T.
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[Jonathan Fletcher]

On Oct 17, 2009, at 10:12 AM, George R. Hozendorf wrote:

> Never knew about "type first letter".  Thanks.

That works a lot of places in FileMaker, too: long lists of fields,  
TOs, scripts, layouts, etc.



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