20. Managing and Using Fonts

To an experienced visual designer, fonts are a complex design element with a whole set of specialized vocabulary for how the letters are constructed and positioned. Although most of us don’t take fonts to that extreme, we certainly appreciate what they do to jazz up our reports, spreadsheets, and graphics. There’s nothing like a well-chosen font to add just the right tone to a document and to make our work stand out from the herd.

Using the Fonts Panel

The Fonts panel gives you control over the particular fonts used in your documents and also enables you to manage any font installed on your Mac, no matter which application you are using. You can configure and select fonts within applications using the Fonts panel. ...

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