Another *bump* along the road. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to include custom fonts in a standalone or a patch without having to install them? I hope I am missing something but it appears that they need to be installed before they are actually recognized by Max...

including-custom-fonts-in-a-mac-standalone

Never mind, just figured it out for a standalone app on OS X.

For those interested in the solution, here are the steps:

2) right-click on the app and select "Show Package Contents"

3) Go to Contents/Resources/, create a folder Fonts/ and copy your custom font(s) in there.

4) Open Contents/Info.plist with a text editor and go towards the bottom of the file where you have entries, followed by entries.

5) Add following to the Info.plist above all and entries:

now if only we could save mxj's in binary format to provide basic obfuscation of source, we'd have a full-fledged-commercial-app-generating-tool-o-matic on our hands...

1) build a standalone app
2) right-click on the app and select "Show Package Contents"
3) Go to Contents/Resources/, create a folder Fonts/ and copy your custom font(s) in there.
4) Open Contents/Info.plist with a text editor and go towards the bottom of the file where you have  entries, followed by  entries.
5) Add following to the Info.plist above all  and  entries:

Sweet! I've been needing this for a while, many thanks.

Sweet!  I've been needing this for a while, many thanks.


hi. this font issue is a crucial problem for me and i have to solve it quickly. i've felt quite cheerful when i read your entry and tried it but it didn't work :/ i guess i'm doing something wrong. my plist is this:

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ico wrote on Wed, 04 March 2009 21:02Never mind, just figured it out for a standalone app on OS X.

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i solved the problem just after my post:) i wrote the name of the folder as Fonts and it worked. i guess it was just a capital letter issue.

i solved the problem just after my post:) i wrote the name of the folder as Fonts and it worked. i guess it was just a capital letter issue.
thank you.


anybody has an idea how to do it in a windows standalone? in windows there is no such thing like "show package contents".

mmm doesn't work for me on a mac, tried both combinations of fonts/ Fonts/ and the font won't show up in a comment on a mac that doesn't have the font installed.

I came across this problem, and the thing is that I'm not building a stand-alone, just a patch I need to use on different systems but still want to have a particular feel as far as design goes. A workaround you might want to consider, if the interface font is important to you, is using [fpic] after saving a transparent background .png of your text with your desired font in photoshop.

This wasn't clear but then I found this thread:

https://cycling74.com/forums/bundle-a-custom-font-in-a-standalone-app-mac/

including custom fonts in a Mac standalone