
Unfortunately Apple no longer publish a full list of all fonts that ship with Leopard.
TrueType (both Mac and Windows versions).
The support for some advanced OpenType features such as contextual alternates or mark attachment has also been improved.
The OS-level text layout and typography system got a major overhaul, resulting in better typography for applications that rely on the OS for this. When an application requests an installed font that’s currently disabled, Leopard activates that font and keeps it active until the requesting application quits. Font Auto-Activation automatically activates fonts as you need them. Cross platform compatibility just got a little easier. The main advantage of having these fonts is that they get used a lot in Microsoft Office documents. There are additional fonts included: Arial Unicode, Microsoft Sans Serif, Tahoma, Papyrus Condensed & Wingdings. You can find a (somewhat tricky) work-around in this thread on. In a prepress environment this can be a hassle as people routinely replace frequently used fonts such as Helvetica by their own or a customers version. Leopard will warn you when you’re about to perform an action that will remove a required font. System font protection is a mechanism that makes it impossible to delete essential system fonts. Using Quick Look you can easily preview fonts from the Finder. You can print out comprehensive previews of your fonts in Font Book. The most interesting ones for prepress users include:
Mac OS X 10.5 includes a number of font related improvements.
Nested font folders are supported, making it easier to classify fonts. Fonts are managed on three levels: system, network and user. OS X has its own versatile font renderer. No additional tool such as Adobe Type Manager is needed to visualize fonts. The main limitations are the patience of the user while scrolling through an endless list of fonts or while waiting for the system to have digested that information itself. The operating system can load an unlimited number of fonts. Fonts that should never be deleted in Leopardīefore diving into OS X 10.5 specific font information, here is a quick recap of the strong points of OS X in general when it comes to font handling:. What is new in Leopard when it comes to fonts. This page provides a comprehensive overview of the way fonts are handled by Mac OS X 10.5.