From 0095d5ee21b555dc2b57c1c672d1fc34e3419893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wesley Moore Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:19:22 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Add howto-install-consolas-font-mac post --- .../07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.mkdn | 44 +++++++++++++++++++ .../07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.yaml | 12 +++++ 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/technical/2010/07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.mkdn create mode 100644 content/technical/2010/07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.yaml diff --git a/content/technical/2010/07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.mkdn b/content/technical/2010/07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.mkdn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..09214d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/technical/2010/07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.mkdn @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +I've [previously](/technical/2009/03/install-consolas-mac-osx/) +[written](/technical/2009/03/consolas-on-mac-update/) +[about](/technical/2009/09/font-smoothing-in-snow-leopard/) installing the +Consolas font on Mac OS X. This post aims to bundle up those previous posts +into a single concise reference. + +1. Download the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac from the + [Microsoft Mactopia download page][download]. +1. Double click the disk image if it wasn't automatically mounted. You will + see an Open XML File Format Converter meta package (.mpkg). +1. Right click (or Ctrl-click) the meta package and choose "Show Package Contents". +1. In the Finder window that open "Contents", then "Packages". +1. Double click "OpenXML\_all\_fonts.pkg", which will run the installer. + +[download]: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx + +At this point Consolas is now installed but depending on your font smoothing +settings it may look a bit thing and ugly. This can be fixed by adjusting your +font smoothing settings. + +For Mac OS X Snow Leopard its necessary to set the right value in the Terminal +because Apple removed it from System Preferences: + +1. Open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) +1. Copy and paste the following at the terminal prompt and press Return: + + defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2 + +For the Terminal shy, this is what the command is doing: The +[`defaults`][defaults] command manipulates the user defaults, also known as +preferences. This particular use of it sets the AppleFontSmoothing setting at +the global (I.e. all users or system) level to the integer 2, which corresponds +to the Medium font smoothing setting in previous versions of Mac OS X. + +[defaults]: http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/DARWIN/Reference/ManPages/man1/defaults.1.html + +For Mac OS X Leopard or earlier its easier: + +1. Open System Preferences +1. Click "Appearance" +1. At the bottom, set Font smoothing to, "Medium (best for Flat Panel)" + +You will need to restart any running applications for them to pick up the new +font smoothing settings. diff --git a/content/technical/2010/07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.yaml b/content/technical/2010/07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a5e440 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/technical/2010/07/howto-install-consolas-font-mac.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +title: How to Install Consolas on Mac OS X +extra: Concise summary of where to download and how to install the Consolas font on Mac OS X. +kind: article +section: technical +created_at: 2010-07-23 07:33:00 +keywords: +- install +- consolas +- mac +- font +short_url: http://bit.ly/cypUlo