What is the system font used on OS X in things like dialog boxes and system preferences?
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Solution 1
Most UI elements use Lucida Grande. Here's a screenshot from Tinker Tool:
Solution 2
Apple uses the Lucida Grande font as the standard system font in various sizes and weights. Some areas of the operating system such as editable text areas use another font, Helvetica by default. Mac OS X makes use of system-wide font anti-aliasing to make edges appear smoother.
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What is the system font used on OS X in things like dialog boxes and system preferences?
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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cwd almost 2 years
What is the system font used on OS X in things like dialog boxes and system preferences?
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brevno over 12 yearsStandard editable plain text views use Lucida Grande as well. (Even though Helvetica is the default font in some rich text views and sometimes rich text versions of the clipboard.)
