Fonts

Fonts are typefaces that appear on screen and in printed documents. When properly installed in the Fonts folder inside the System Folder (Figure 31), they appear on all Font menus (Figure 32).

Figure 31. The TrueType fonts that are installed with Mac OS 9.1 can be found in the Fonts folder.

Figure 32. SimpleText's Font menu is just one of the menus that lists installed fonts.

There are three kinds of fonts:

  • TrueType fonts are scalable fonts that appear clear on screen and in print, no matter what size or printer you use. They come ...

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