Fonts

If you don't have the 30" Apple Cinema Display and you find yourself in need of some extra space when working with text, try Resizing the Font Panel.

In most applications, you can bring up the Font panel by pressing COMMAND-T, or going to the menu and choosing FONT->Show Fonts.

Once you see it, simply grab the window by the lower right hand corner and diagonally drag it towards the top left corner. READ MORE »

You can make your text on your Mac easier to read by choosing the correct anti-aliasing (font smoothing) for your screen.

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Do you find yourself accessing the same fonts over and over again when you are typing? If your application uses the standard OS X Font panel, you can add your frequently used fonts to a 'Favorites' collection.

Here is how to do it:

1. Open the 'Font Panel'. Most OS X CoCoa apps can activate it several ways. It's commonly opened by pressing COMMAND-T (Show Fonts).

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Do you ever want to change your Font style when you are typing? You can use the basic Mac OS X Font dialog. By default, it only shows the list of fonts, and who can remember what they look like? Well, you can use the Preview option, and this makes it much easier to choose the perfect font.

Let's get to it:
In your favorite Mac OS X app, bring up the Font dialog. In Mail, textedit, etc.. you can usually bring it up from the Format or Font menu, or choose 'Command - T', and it will usually work.
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You can make your text on your Mac easier to read by choosing the correct anti-aliasing (font smoothing) for your screen.
note: you may or may not notice any difference, depending on your display type.

Here is how to do it:
First, open 'System Preferences'. Apple menu -> System Preferences

Next, choose 'Appearance'

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Keyboards can only contain so many characters. If you find yourself looking for the command symbol, or maybe mathematical Pi, or even some Korean. You can find all of these, and more in the 'Character Palette'.

Here is how to do it:

First, open 'System Preferences' - 'Apple Menu -> System Preferences'
Then, choose 'International'

Then choose the 'Input Menu' tab, and then add a 'checkmark' to the 'Character Palette' option, and then you can close the windows.
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