Font Locations
All fonts located at any of the following paths will be loaded into memory when your computer is started.
- <user>/Library/Fonts: Fonts in this folder are available only to this particular user, who then has complete control over the folder's contents.
- /Library/Fonts: Fonts in this folder are available to all users of a particular computer and not required by the operating system to run. Users with system administrator privileges can add, remove and modify the folder's contents.
- /System/Library/Fonts: Contains the default fonts required by the operating system to run and should not be altered. These fonts are available to all users and cannot be deactivated.
- /System Folder/Fonts: If Mac OS Classic is installed, fonts in this folder are available to all users.