Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2007

I have the complete collection of Computer Modern Postscript fonts
obtained from a TeX download and stored as individual font files with
names like CMxxxx in my OS 10.3.9 usr/Library/Fonts folder, and they
work fine with TeXShop.

I can't seem to add them to Font Book, however.  When I try to add them
to the Font column in Font Book using the "+" button, all their names
appear in the Find dialog greyed out (other fonts are active as
expected).

Does Font Book not handle Postscript fonts?  Or is there something
special about these CM fonts that Font Book can't handle?

[And a secondary frustration:  Some time early on in my transfer from OS
9 to OS X, I did something that badly screwed up my Help system -- the
Help files in a few apps work, but for many apps that use the Mac Help
system, clicking the Help button causes the Help window to open, sit
there empty for a few seconds, then just close.  Haven't tried to fix
this because (a) I'm overloaded with other problems, and (b) I keep
thinking I'll move up to 10.4 or higher eventually, and that will fix
it.  So:

*  Might there be an easy way to fix the Help system?

*  And/or, is there a way to (a) identify and find the Help files for an
app (such as Font Book), and read them using some other app?

*  And/or, any way to access and read the Help file for an Mac app on
one of Apple's web sites?

*  And/or, any online documentation for Font Book other than its Help
files?  (Have searched, not found any.)]