[XeTeX] moving fonts

[Scott Murman]

>> is it possible to simply copy /System Folder/Fonts to ~/Library/Fonts 
>> on the new machine and get the OS to recognize them?
>
> It's possible, of course, it only has at least one disadvantage: Mac 
> OS X won't see them! The correct way is to double-click every font 
> file, and of course you can mark the whole bunch of Lucida fonts from 
> Java or all the Classic or MS fonts once and then double-click them.
>
> Sometimes Font Book crashes, thanks to its normal behaviour of 
> *moving* the font files (you can change that in the Preferences) you 
> don't have to repeat the whole procedure -- except when the font files 
> are on a different volume. Then moving can't work. So it's good to 
> have your own Fonts folder (~/Library/Fonts) open to see any results 
> -- the default is to install the fonts only for the user! Again you 
> can change this in the Preferences, ⌘-, everywhere.

thanks for everyones help.  it's fairly straightforward.  i just hooked 
up my back-up drive, opened font book, and loaded them in.

-SM-