Upgrading the macOS over any older version commonly corrupts Font Book's database. I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link. See the list of supported font types in my article, Font Management in macOS. They don't want to get sued out of existence. The better sites ensure what they're going to add aren't stolen commercial fonts.

Lots of places that offer free font downloads unknowingly (I presume) have commercial, cost fonts on them. Some such sites offer fonts which are not free, but are copies of commercial fonts. That doesn't make them bad, they just have deprecated data in them. These 'errors' are commonly nothing to worry about. However, that comes back to yellow caution tags. Put it on the site.' So, FB may be finding errors with any number of free fonts it doesn't like. They just load up the site with free fonts, that come from wherever. They don't check the quality of anything there. If you mean an aggregate site of free fonts, such as, then all bets are off. They may be getting damaged during transfer. If it's Adobe, Linotype or other vendors known for quality fonts, then it's unlikely to be the fonts. Why they would be when obtained from the same source as the others you use is a slightly confusing.īut, that depends on where you get them from. If they're red warnings, the fonts are likely damaged and should not be used. The one and only time caution warnings from FB mean anything is if it's telling you a font conflicts with another. If these are yellow caution warnings from Font Book, ignore them. You can see here the Windswept font is downloaded as part of the Crafters Font Bundle on So Fontsy, but is 1) not unzipped and 2) not installed.All my fonts get the same error message with the warning to not use the font, that it could crash the computer. If you only download the font on your computer but do not move forward with installing the font, it will not be accessible on your computer at all - not in Silhouette Studio or any other program.

Don't worry the process to download and install new fonts to use in Silhouette Studio is easy.but if you skip any part of the process your fonts may not appear in the Silhouette software.įonts must be both downloaded AND installed. Why Aren't My Fonts in Silhouette Studio?įonts purchased from the Silhouette Design Store should automatically appear in your Silhouette Studio Text Style list.įonts purchased or downloaded from other sites - such as So Fontsy - will not. This Silhouette tutorial will focus on the three big reasons why.and how to troubleshoot when fonts aren't appearing in Silhouette Studio. There are a few reasons why a font would not appear in your Silhouette font list.

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