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I've [previously](/technical/2009/03/install-consolas-mac-osx/)
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[written](/technical/2009/03/consolas-on-mac-update/)
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[about](/technical/2009/09/font-smoothing-in-snow-leopard/) installing the
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Consolas font on Mac OS X. This post bundles up those posts
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into a single handy reference. Following these instructions will allow you to
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use the following fonts: Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia and
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Corbel.
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Installation
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1. Download the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac from the
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[Microsoft Mactopia download page][download].
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2. Double click the disk image if it wasn't automatically mounted. You will
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see an Open XML File Format Converter meta package (.mpkg).
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3. Right click (or Control-click) the meta package and choose "Show Package Contents".
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4. In the Finder window that opens, click "Contents", then "Packages".
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5. Double click "OpenXML\_all\_fonts.pkg", which will run the installer.
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[download]: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx
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<figure>
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<a href="/images/2010/08/open-xml-converter-show-package-contents.png" rel="prettyPhoto[openxml]"><img src="/images/2010/08/open-xml-converter-show-package-contents-small.jpg" width="600" height="325" alt="Step 1: Show Package Contents" /></a>
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<figcaption><span class="label">Step 3:</span> Show Package Contents</figcaption>
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<figure>
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<figure>
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<a href="/images/2010/08/open-xml-converter-all-fonts.png" rel="prettyPhoto[openxml]"><img src="/images/2010/08/open-xml-converter-all-fonts-small.jpg" width="600" height="180" alt="Step 4: Navigating to the package" /></a>
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<figcaption><span class="label">Step 4:</span> Navigating to the package</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<a href="/images/2010/08/open-xml-converter-all-fonts-installer.png" rel="prettyPhoto[openxml]"><img src="/images/2010/08/open-xml-converter-all-fonts-installer-small.jpg" width="600" height="426" alt="Step 5: Running the OpenXML_all_fonts.pkg installer"></a>
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<figcaption><span class="label">Step 5:</span> Running the OpenXML_all_fonts.pkg installer</figcaption>
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</figure>
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Fine Tuning
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At this point Consolas is now installed, but depending on your font smoothing
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settings it [may look a bit thin and ugly][smoothing]. This can be fixed by
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adjusting these settings.
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[smoothing]: /technical/2009/09/font-smoothing-in-snow-leopard/
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For Mac OS X Snow Leopard its necessary to set the right value in the Terminal
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because Apple removed it from System Preferences:
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1. Open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal)
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1. Copy and paste the following at the terminal prompt and press Return:
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`defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2`
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For the Terminal shy, this is what the command is doing: The
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[`defaults`][defaults] command manipulates the user defaults, also known as
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preferences. This particular use of it sets the AppleFontSmoothing setting at
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the global (I.e. all users or system) level to the integer 2, which corresponds
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to the Medium font smoothing setting in previous versions of Mac OS X.
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[defaults]: http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/DARWIN/Reference/ManPages/man1/defaults.1.html
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For Mac OS X Leopard or earlier its easier:
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1. Open System Preferences
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1. Click "Appearance"
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1. At the bottom, set Font smoothing to, "Medium (best for Flat Panel)"
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You will need to restart any running applications for them to pick up the new
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font smoothing settings.
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