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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.
Consolas font on Mac OS X. This post bundles up those posts
into a single reference.
Installation
------------
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
2. 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.
3. Right click (or Control-click) the meta package and choose "Show Package Contents".
4. In the Finder window that opens, click "Contents", then "Packages".
5. Double click "OpenXML\_all\_fonts.pkg", which will run the installer.
[download]: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx
<figure>
<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>
<figcaption><span class="label">Step 3:</span> Show Package Contents</figcaption>
<figure>
<figure>
<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>
<figcaption><span class="label">Step 4:</span> Navigating to the package</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<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>
<figcaption><span class="label">Step 5:</span> Running the OpenXML_all_fonts.pkg installer</figcaption>
</figure>
Fine Tuning
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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
settings it [may look a bit thin and ugly][smoothing]. This can be fixed by adjusting your
font smoothing settings.
[smoothing]: /technical/2009/09/font-smoothing-in-snow-leopard/
For Mac OS X Snow Leopard its necessary to set the right value in the Terminal
because Apple removed it from System Preferences:

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