List of fonts in Mac OS X - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This list of fonts contains every font shipped with Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.7, including any that shipped with language-specific updates from Apple (primarily Korean and Chinese fonts). For fonts shipped only with Mac OS X 10.5,
please see Apple's documentation.

System fonts

Family Name	Faces Available	Target script and other notes
Al Bayan	Regular, Bold	Arabic
American Typewriter American Typewriter American Typewriter is a style of typeface created in 1974 by Joel Kaden and Tony Stan for International Typeface Corporation based on the form and monospaced feature of the early Sholes's patent of the typewriter. They adapted the friendliness and immediacy of this style into the proportionally...	Condensed Light, Condensed, Condensed Bold, Light, Regular, Bold
Andale Mono Andale Mono Andalé Mono is a monospaced sans-serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson for terminal emulation and software development environments, originally for the Taligent project by Apple Inc. and IBM...	Regular
Apple Casual	Regular	Hidden, see below
Apple Chancery	Regular
Apple Garamond	Light, Light Italic, Book, Book Italic, Bold, Bold Italic	Hidden, see below
Apple Gothic	Regular	Korean Hangul Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
Apple LiGothic	Medium	Traditional Chinese
Apple LiSung	Light	Traditional Chinese
Apple Myungjo	Regular	Korean
Apple Symbols Apple Symbols Apple Symbols is a font introduced in Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther." This is a Truetype font, intended to provide coverage for characters defined as symbols in the Unicode Standard. It continues to ship with Mac OS X as part of the default installation. Prior to Mac OS X 10.5, its path was...	Regular
.AquaKana	Regular	Not depicted below
Arial Arial Arial, sometimes marketed or displayed in software as Arial MT, is a sans-serif typeface and set of computer fonts. Fonts from the Arial family are packaged with Microsoft Windows, some other Microsoft software applications, Apple Mac OS X and many PostScript 3 computer printers...	Condensed Light, Narrow, Narrow Italic, Narrow Bold, Narrow Bold Italic, Regular, Italic, Bold, Rounded Bold, Bold Italic, Black	Bundled with Windows
Arial Hebrew	Regular, Bold	Hebrew Hebrew alphabet The Hebrew alphabet , known variously by scholars as the Jewish script, square script, block script, or more historically, the Assyrian script, is used in the writing of the Hebrew language, as well as other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Ladino, and Judeo-Arabic. There have been two...
Ayuthaya	Regular	Thai Thai alphabet Thai script , is used to write the Thai language and other, minority, languages in Thailand. It has forty-four consonants , fifteen vowel symbols that combine into at least twenty-eight vowel forms, and four tone marks .... ; not depicted below
Baghdad	Regular	Arabic
Baskerville Baskerville Baskerville is a transitional serif typeface designed in 1757 by John Baskerville in Birmingham, England. Baskerville is classified as a transitional typeface, positioned between the old style typefaces of William Caslon, and the modern styles of Giambattista Bodoni and Firmin Didot.The...	Regular, Italic, Semi-bold, Semi-bold Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
Beijing	Regular	Simplified Chinese; bitmap only
BiauKai	Regular	Traditional Chinese
Big Caslon	Medium
Brush Script	Italic
Chalkboard	Regular, Bold	Bold added in 10.4; Bold not depicted below
Charcoal Charcoal (typeface) Charcoal is a sans-serif typeface designed by David Berlow of Font Bureau during the period 1994–1997. Charcoal was the default menu font in Apple Computer's Mac OS 8 and 9, replacing Chicago as part of the new Platinum interface. In Mac OS X, it was replaced with Lucida Grande as the system typeface...	Regular	Classic only
Charcoal CY	Regular	Cyrillic
Chicago Chicago (typeface) Chicago is a sans-serif typeface designed by Susan Kare for Apple Computer. It was used in the Macintosh operating system user interface between 1984 and 1997 and was an important part of Apple’s brand identity. It is also used in early versions of the iPod user interface...	Regular	Classic only, see Krungthep below
Cochin	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
Comic Sans Comic Sans Comic Sans MS is a casual script typeface modeled on fonts used in American comic books for several decades. Sans is short for sans-serif. The modern Comic Sans was designed by Vincent Connare and released in 1994 by Microsoft Corporation...	Regular, Bold
Cooper Cooper Black Cooper Black is a heavily weighted, old style serif typeface designed by Oswald Bruce Cooper in 1921 and released by the Barnhart Brothers & Spindler type foundry in 1922. The typeface is drawn as an extra bold weight of Cooper Old Style. Though not based on a single historic model, Cooper Black...	Black
Copperplate	Light, Regular, Bold
Corsiva Hebrew	Regular, Bold	Hebrew
Courier	Regular, Oblique, Bold, Bold Oblique
Courier New	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic	Bundled with Windows
DecoType Naskh	Regular	Naskh Arabic Naskh (script) Naskh is a specific calligraphic style for writing in the Arabic alphabet, thought to be invented by the Iranian calligrapher Ibn Muqlah Shirazi . The root of this Arabic term means "to copy". It either refers to the fact that it replaced its predecessor, Kufic script, or that this style allows... ; not depicted below
Devanagari	Regular, Bold	Devanagari Devanagari Devanagari \|deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...
Didot Didot (typeface) Didot is a name given to a group of typefaces named after the famous French printing and type producing family. The classification is known as modern, or Didone. The typeface we know today was based on a collection of related types developed in the period 1784–1811. Firmin Didot cut the letters,...	Regular, Italic, Bold
Eupheima UCAS	Regular, Italic, Bold	Canadian Syllabics Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Canadian Aboriginal syllabic writing, or simply syllabics, is a family of abugidas used to write a number of Aboriginal Canadian languages of the Algonquian, Inuit, and Athabaskan language families.... ; not depicted below
Fang Song	Regular	Simplified Chinese
Futura Futura (typeface) In typography, Futura is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed in 1927 by Paul Renner. It is based on geometric shapes that became representative visual elements of the Bauhaus design style of 1919–1933...	Condensed Medium, Condensed Extra Bold, Medium, Medium Italic
Gadget	Regular	Classic only
Geeza Pro	Regular, Bold	Arabic
Geezah	Regular	Arabic
Geneva Geneva (typeface) Geneva is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Susan Kare for Apple Computer. It is one of the oldest fonts shipped with the Macintosh operating system. The original version was a bitmap font, but later versions were converted to TrueType when that technology became available on the Macintosh...	Regular
Geneva CY	Regular	Cyrillic
Georgia Georgia (typeface) Georgia is a transitional serif typeface designed in 1993 by Matthew Carter and hinted by Tom Rickner for the Microsoft Corporation, as the serif companion to the first Microsoft sans serif screen font, Verdana. Microsoft released the initial version of the font on November 1, 1996 as part of the...	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
Gill Sans Gill Sans Gill Sans is a sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill.The original design appeared in 1926 when Douglas Cleverdon opened a bookshop in his home town of Bristol, where Eric Gill painted the fascia over the window in sans-serif capitals that would later be known as Gill Sans...	Light, Light Italic, Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
Gujarati	Regular, Bold	Gujarati Gujarati script The Gujarati script , which like all Nāgarī writing systems is strictly speaking an abugida rather than an alphabet, is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages...
Gung Seoche	Regular	Korean, named "#GungSeo" in font list
Gurmukhi	Regular	Gurmukhi Gurmukhi script Gurmukhi is the most common script used for writing the Punjabi language. An abugida derived from the Laṇḍā script and ultimately descended from Brahmi, Gurmukhi was standardized by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad Dev Ji, in the 16th century. The whole of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji's 1430...
Hangangche	Regular	Korean
HeadlineA	Regular	Korean, named "#HeadLineA" in font list
Hei	Regular	Simplified Chinese
Helvetica Helvetica Helvetica is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann.-Visual distinctive characteristics:Characteristics of this typeface are:lower case:square dot over the letter i....	Regular, Oblique, Bold, Bold Oblique	System Font for Small Text
Helvetica CY	Regular, Oblique, Bold, Bold Oblique	Cyrillic; Face is condensed compared to Helvetica, Helvetica Neue
Helvetica Neue	Condensed Bold, Condensed Black, Ultra-light, Ultra-light Italic, Light, Light Italic, Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
Herculanum	Regular
Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro	W3, W6	Japanese Japanese language is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN	W3, W6	Japanese based on JIS X 0213
Hiragino Kaku Gothic Std	W8	Japanese
Hiragino Kaku Gothic StdN	W8	Japanese based on JIS X 0213
Hiragino Maru Gothic Pro	W4	Japanese
Hiragino Maru Gothic ProN	W4	Japanese based on JIS X 0213
Hiragino Mincho Pro	W3, W6	Japanese
Hiragino Mincho ProN	W3, W6	Japanese based on JIS X 0213
Hoefler Text Hoefler Text Hoefler Text is a contemporary serif Antiqua font that was designed for Apple Computer to demonstrate advanced type technologies. Hoefler Text was created to allow the composition of complex typography; as such it takes cues from a range of classic fonts, such as Garamond and Janson.Designed by...	Regular, Italic, Black, Black Italic, Ornaments	Re‐added in 10.3, but present in System 7.5 also
Inai Mathi	Regular	Tamil Tamil script The Tamil script is a script that is used to write the Tamil language as well as other minority languages such as Badaga, Irulas, and Paniya... ; added in 10.4; not depicted below
Impact	Regular
Jung Gothic	Medium	Korean
Kai	Regular	Simplified Chinese
Keyboard	Regular	Not depicted below
Krungthep	Regular	Thai; Latin characters identical to Chicago Chicago (typeface) Chicago is a sans-serif typeface designed by Susan Kare for Apple Computer. It was used in the Macintosh operating system user interface between 1984 and 1997 and was an important part of Apple’s brand identity. It is also used in early versions of the iPod user interface... ; not depicted below
KufiStandard GK	Regular	Arabic; not depicted below
LastResort	Regular	Not depicted below
LiHei Pro	Medium	Traditional Chinese
LiSong Pro	Light
Lucida Grande Lucida Grande Lucida Grande is a humanist sans-serif typeface. It is a member of the Lucida family of typefaces designed by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes. It has been used throughout Mac OS X user interface since 1999, as well as in Safari for Windows up to the browser's version 3.2.3 released on May 12,...	Regular, Bold	Main System Font in Mac OS X
Marker Felt	Thin, Wide
Menlo Menlo (typeface) Menlo is a monospaced sans-serif typeface designed by Jim Lyles. The face first shipped with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Menlo is based upon the Open Source font Bitstream Vera and the public domain font Deja Vu.-External links:* * *...	Added in 2009, see http://www.trademarkia.com/menlo-77745991.html\|
Monaco Monaco (typeface) Monaco is a monospaced sans-serif typeface designed by Susan Kare and Kris Holmes. The face shipped with all versions of Mac OS X and was already present with previous versions of the Mac operating system...	Regular
Monaco CY	Regular	Cyrillic
Mshtakan	Regular, Oblique, Bold, Bold Oblique	Armenian Armenian alphabet The Armenian alphabet is an alphabet that has been used to write the Armenian language since the year 405 or 406. It was devised by Saint Mesrop Mashtots, an Armenian linguist and ecclesiastical leader, and contained originally 36 letters. Two more letters, օ and ֆ, were added in the Middle Ages... ; added in 10.3; not depicted below
Nadeem	Regular	Arabic
New Peninim	Regular, Inclined, Bold, Bold Inclined	Hebrew
New York New York (typeface) New York is a transitional serif typeface designed in 1983 for the Macintosh computer by Susan Kare, Charles Bigelow, and Kris Holmes. It was originally titled “Rosemont.” The typeface was the standard bitmap serif font for the early Macintosh operating systems...	Regular	Classic only
NISC GB18030	Regular	Chinese; bitmap only; not depicted below; named "GB18030 Bitmap" in font lists
Optima	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Extra Black
Osaka	Regular, Monospace	Japanese
Palatino Palatino Palatino is the name of a large typeface family that began as an old style serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf initially released in 1948 by the Linotype foundry.In 1999, Zapf revised Palatino for Linotype and Microsoft, called Palatino Linotype...	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic	Classic or iLife
Papyrus	Regular
PC Myungjo	Regular	Korean, named "#PCMyungjo" in font list
Pilgiche	Regular	Korean, named "#PilGi" in font list
Plantagenet Cherokee	Regular	Cherokee
Raanana	Regular, Bold	Hebrew
Sand	Regular
Sathu	Regular	Thai; not depicted below
Segoe UI Segoe UI Segoe is a Humanist typeface family that is best known for its usage by Microsoft. The company uses Segoe in their online and printed marketing materials, including recent logos for a number of products...	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic,	Bundled with Windows Vista
Seoul	Regular	Korean
Shin Myungjo Neue	Regular	Korean
Silom	Regular	Thai; not depicted below
Skia	Regular
Song	Regular	Simplified Chinese
ST FangSong	Regular	Simplified Chinese
ST Heiti	Light, Regular	Simplified Chinese
ST Kaiti	Regular	Simplified Chinese
ST Song	Regular	Simplified Chinese
Symbol	Regular
Tae Graphic	Regular	Korean
Tahoma Tahoma (typeface) Tahoma is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter for the Microsoft Corporation in 1994 with initial distribution along with Verdana for Windows 95....	Light, Regular, Bold	Bundled with Windows
Taipei	Regular	Traditional Chinese; bitmap only; not depicted below
Techno	Regular	Classic only
Textile	Regular	Classic (and iDVD)
Thonburi	Regular	Thai; not depicted below
Times	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
Times CY	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic	Cyrillic; removed from 10.4
Times New Roman	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic	Bundled with Windows
Trebuchet MS Trebuchet MS Trebuchet MS is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Vincent Connare for the Microsoft Corporation in 1996. It is named after the trebuchet, a medieval catapult...	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
Verdana Verdana Verdana is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter for Microsoft Corporation, with hand-hinting done by Thomas Rickner, then at Monotype. Demand for such a typeface was recognized by Virginia Howlett of Microsoft's typography group...	Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic	Bundled with Windows
Zapf Chancery	Medium Italic	Classic only
Zapf Dingbats Zapf Dingbats Zapf Dingbats is one of the more common dingbat typefaces. It was designed by the typographer Hermann Zapf in 1978 and licensed by International Typeface Corporation....	Regular
Zapfino Zapfino Zapfino is a calligraphic typeface designed for Linotype by typeface designer Hermann Zapf in 1998. It is based on an alphabet Zapf originally penned in 1944...	Regular

Hidden fonts

Apple Garamond was shipped with Mac OS X 10.2 only and is located here:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Setup Assistant.app/Contents/Resources/Setup Assistant.dfont

Apple Casual is located at one of these locations:

/System/Library/Components/Ink.component/Contents/SharedSupport/InkServer.app/Contents/Resources/AppleCasual.dfont

/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/Ink.framework/Resources/AppleCasual.dfont

Many fonts come with iDVD but don't get installed by default. They are located here:

/Applications/iDVD.app/Contents/Resources/Fonts/

Several fonts come with Java but don't get installed by default. They are located here:

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home/lib/fonts/

Matrix Ticker is here:

/Library/Widgets/ESPN.wdgt/ESPNTicker.dfont

Two LCD-like fonts can be found here:

/Library/Widgets/Unit Converter.wdgt/DB LCD Temp-Black.ttf

/Library/Widgets/Unit Converter.wdgt/UC-LCD.ttf

Font appearances

These images compare Roman fonts only, in most styles:

The fonts in the following list were included as "extras" with AppleWorks
AppleWorks
AppleWorks refers to two different office suite products, both of which are now discontinued. Originally, AppleWorks was an integrated software package for the Apple II platform, released in 1984 by Apple Computer...

6, which was bundled with new iMac
IMac
The iMac is a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computers built by Apple. It has been the primary part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since its introduction in 1998, and has evolved through five distinct forms....

s until 2006.

System fonts

Hidden fonts

Font appearances

See also