Expert: Amy - 2/5/2010

Question
Where/or is there a font folder for in Illustrator CS3? I'm running an imac g5 with snow leopard and need to work around the problem with Helvetica Neue. Installing the Helvetica fonts in the InDesign font folder did the trick there, but the folder was right there in the application folder. Not the case with Illustrator or Photoshop.

Answer
From the Adobe website:

Mac OS X includes five font folders that allow you to use fonts in different ways. You can install fonts to as many folders as needed, since Mac OS X permits duplicate copies of a font in the system. If duplicate font names exist, Mac OS X uses fonts--without regard to font format--from the following locations in the order listed:

  1. Users/[user name]/Library/Fonts
  2. Library/Fonts
  3. Network/Library/Fonts
  4. System/Library/Fonts (Avoid making changes to this folder. It contains .dfont fonts that Mac OS X requires for system use and display.For more information, visit the Apple Web site at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106417)
  5. System Folder/Fonts

Hope this helps, cat.
-A