Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 110)

90 Format Characters Formatting Documents
Format Characters
You can add font, size, and style characteristics to text.
Nisus Writer Pro lists all the fonts you have that your version of the OS can display. These are
generally in any of the following folders
/Library/Fonts
~/Library/Fonts
/Network/Library/Fonts
/System/Library/Fonts
and any fonts in the Classic
System Folder/Fonts
so long as they are not being managed by a Classic (pre OS X) font management tool.
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You can cause the menu Format > Font to display the fonts available in their own font (WYSIWYG) by
turning on Font menu shows previews in the Appearance preference pane of Nisus Writer Pro. See
“Choose Various Display Options for Your Documents” on page 372 for more information.
Displaying your fonts WYSIWYG can cause Nisus Writer Pro to respond sluggishly.
Font substitution
If a font does not have a particular character Nisus Writer Pro presents an alert and displays the
character in the “secondary font” or another font that does have that character. In that case, when
you select the “missing” character, Nisus Writer Pro also displays the font name in red in the menu
Format > Font and in Character palette.
Figure 96
The “font substitution” alert
You can cause those characters that have had their font substituted in a special highlight color in
the Appearance preference pane of Nisus Writer Pro. See “Determine the color of various aspects of
your Nisus Writer Pro working environment” on page 378 for more information.
Add a font to your System
After you have purchased a font and you have it on your hard drive, or you have a CD of your fonts
loaded in to your computer you can add these fonts to your System.
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Double-click the font’s icon.
Figure 97
A font file icon
Apple’s application Font Book opens and presents you with a dialog offering to install the font.