If you want to reset Font Book for a single user: 1. Note that starting up in Safe Mode also resets the font cache of every user account defined on the Mac, meaning that fonts disabled in Font Book will again be enabled in every account. If you are the only user of your Mac, restarting in Safe Mode will clear your font cache, thereby resetting disabled fonts in Font Book. Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard If you plan on using Font Book in conjunction with a third-party font-management solution, we recommend reviewing the documentation of the third-party solution, or contacting the vendor, concerning any potential conflicts between the two.

Familiarize yourself with font management in Mac OS X by reviewing the documents in the Related links section of this FAQ.

In Font Book, select Help > Font Book Help. In Font Book, select Font Book > Preferences

Thoroughly familiarize yourself with Font Book before using it:.

Disabling, moving, or removing System fonts.

Misunderstanding its default preferences.

Most problems related to Font Book arise from:

Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther®.Īdditional advice on fonts and Font Book can be found in the 'Fonts' and 'Font Book' chapters, respectively, of our book, Troubleshooting Mac® OS X.

How disabled fonts are handled in Font Book 2.0 under Tiger.

Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger®.

How disabled fonts are handled in Font Book 2.1 under Leopard.

Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard®.How disabled fonts are handled in Font Book 2.2 under Snow Leopard.Undoing Font Book in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard®.Putting fonts you moved back where they belong.Using the procedures specified in this FAQ, you can 'undo' almost everything done by using Font Book except:

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