Pages has dropped a font I use a lot!

We are talking Garamond. Last time I used it was November 2023. It was among the fonts that were "just there" when I set up Pages on my new Mac in 2021. This afternoon I found my way to All Fonts in the Font Book; I was shown 327 fonts, but NO Garamond.


I hope someone can provide an explanation and a solution. I'm a home user who does some local newsletters, and hope to avoid the world of fonts intended for professional graphic designers.


Thank you.


MacBook Air, M1 2020, Mac OS Ventura 13.4.1

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

Posted on Mar 6, 2024 03:15 PM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2024 04:48 AM

Apple dropped Times too. Google has free EB Garamond and Cormorant Garamond font families for download. The DAFont site has the free Apple Garamond family for download as well. Place these in the following folder location as you cannot just drop them on the read-only System volume in Ventura to install them:


˜/Library/Fonts


Press shift+cmd+G (Go to Folder) and then copy/paste the above tilde path into that dialog and press return. A new Finder Window will open in that Fonts folder. It is a location searched by the operating system for fonts and anything you add there will become available on Pages font menu.

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Mar 7, 2024 04:48 AM in response to MemphisVivian

Apple dropped Times too. Google has free EB Garamond and Cormorant Garamond font families for download. The DAFont site has the free Apple Garamond family for download as well. Place these in the following folder location as you cannot just drop them on the read-only System volume in Ventura to install them:


˜/Library/Fonts


Press shift+cmd+G (Go to Folder) and then copy/paste the above tilde path into that dialog and press return. A new Finder Window will open in that Fonts folder. It is a location searched by the operating system for fonts and anything you add there will become available on Pages font menu.

Mar 9, 2024 08:42 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thank you, Viking, that did the job!

FYI to anyone else who wanders into this conversation ...

. Downloads showed up in my font list alphabetized by Apple, Cormorant, and EB, rather than by G for Garamond.

. The Apple Garamond is a disappointment; the characters are narrow and tall, the look is condensed. Steve Jobs would not approve.

. Cormorant Garamond is the best of the three.

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