Commonly Asked Questions for Macintosh Users

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Most Commonly Asked Questions

Do I have to use a credit card to buy a font?
How do I download, unpack, and install a font?
How do I re-download a font I already bought?
I installed my font on the Macintosh, but the wrong font name shows up in the font menu. Did I get the wrong font?

Q: How do I download, unpack, and install a font?
A: Please read our pages on downloading, unpacking, and installing fonts for the Macintosh.

Q: How do I re-download a font I already bought?
A: Go to your My Orders page. Note that you will need to log in to MyFonts to access the MyOrders page.

Q: I installed my font on the Macintosh, but the wrong font name shows up in the font menu. Did I get the wrong font?
A: You probably got the right font. Many of Linotype's fonts on the Macintosh platform are arranged into four-style "Macintosh families" — regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. Sometimes, only the "regular" version will appear in your font menu, even if you only installed the bold or italic version. This is particularly true for Bold and Black styles — Linotype tends to group Light and Bold styles as one family, and Medium and Black as another.

Some font packages contain multiple versions of the same font. If you save fonts on your hard disk, the following folders might be created:

<Name> TT - containing TrueType fonts
<Name> PS - containing PostScript fonts

..\Single - containing non-classified single fonts
..\Family - containing classified fonts

If you install fonts from the folders called "Single" or "~s", each style will appear as a separate item in your application's font menu.

If you install fonts from the folders called "Family" or "~f", styles will be grouped into families. As a result, you may see different names in your application's font menu. These are family names rather than style names. In any family, you should use the application's bold or italic style selector to select the appropriate style.

Please make sure that you are consistent in picking between family and single versions. Installing both versions, or a mixture of versions from the same family, will cause problems.

One subtlety with Macintosh families is that PostScript Type 1 fonts are usually handled by a single bitmap suitcase that contains up to four styles. This results in two additional possibilities:

If you install one style as a family, you get pixelated fonts for styles you didn't buy.

If you install several family fonts from the same family, the bitmap suitcases are identical. As a result, they overwrite each other when copying them into the Fonts folder. This is intentional. However, if you have any applications open, you can't overwrite bitmap suitcases in the Fonts folder.

Q: Do I have to use a credit card?
A:Over the Internet, we accept credit card payments and PayPal payments. By regular mail, we can take checks and credit card payments. By fax, we also take credit card payments. Go to our Payment Form page: print out the form and follow the instructions.

Note that you will need to log in to MyFonts to access the Payment Form page, or you will need to create a new account if you do not already have one. We will process your payment and credit your user account. You may then buy fonts online without a credit card until your account credit runs out.

Invoiced accounts:
MyFonts also offers invoiced accounts. We will accept applications for creating such an account for U.S.-based organizations. Contact us to apply for an invoiced account.

PayPal:

Select PayPal during the checkout process.

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