The font is based on a calligraphic example by Zapf in 1944. Ligatures and character variations are extensively used. Zapfino utilizes advanced typographic features of the Apple Advanced Typography (AAT) 'morx' table format and is included in OS X partially as a technology demo. Zapfino is a calligraphic typeface designed by and named after renowned typeface designer Hermann Zapf for Linotype. With each major revision of the OS, fonts supporting additional scripts were added.ĭemonstration of alternate letters, including the full-word ligature for the name of the Zapfino typeface In the initial publicly released version of Mac OS X (March 2001), font support for scripts was limited to Lucida Grande and a few fonts for the major Japanese scripts. Courier, a monospaced font, also remained. Many of the classic Macintosh typefaces included with previous versions remained available, including the serif typefaces New York, Palatino, and Times, the sans-serif Charcoal and Chicago, Monaco, Geneva and Helvetica. It also supports sophisticated font techniques, such as ligatures and filtering. MacOS includes Roman, Japanese and Chinese fonts. MacOS ships with multiple typefaces, for multiple scripts, licensed from several sources. Lucida Grande is almost identical in appearance to the prevalent Windows font Lucida Sans, and contains a larger variety of glyphs.

For labels and other small text, 10 pt Lucida Grande was typically used. OS X Yosemite used Helvetica Neue, and preceding versions largely employed Lucida Grande. The primary system font in OS X El Capitan and above is San Francisco. See also: List of macOS fonts System fonts

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