What is this?
Macintosh Skeletal Filled recreates the handwritten script from Apple's macOS/iOS 'hello' setup screen as regular, typeable fonts, rebuilding the stroke-and-join rendering Apple's own renderer draws.
Macintosh Skeletal Filled recreates the handwritten script from Apple's macOS/iOS 'hello' setup screen as regular, typeable fonts, rebuilding the stroke-and-join rendering Apple's own renderer draws.Is this an app or just a set of font files?It is just font files (.otf), not an application. Three variants ship: a static Filled font, a Variable font (weight 100-900), and a Variable Joined font with extra letter joins.
It is just font files (.otf), not an application. Three variants ship: a static Filled font, a Variable font (weight 100-900), and a Variable Joined font with extra letter joins.How do I install the fonts?Download the .otf file you want and double-click it, then click Install in Font Book. If an earlier build was installed, remove it first, and restart apps like Figma to pick up the update.
Download the .otf file you want and double-click it, then click Install in Font Book. If an earlier build was installed, remove it first, and restart apps like Figma to pick up the update.Does every letter join correctly, and are accented letters included?About 6% of joins (letters with a slash or bar, like ø) couldn't be read cleanly from Apple's renderer and use a fitted approximation instead. Apple's base font has no accented letters, so this project adds 606 built-up accented glyphs for use in Pages, Keynote, Figma and browsers.
About 6% of joins (letters with a slash or bar, like ø) couldn't be read cleanly from Apple's renderer and use a fitted approximation instead. Apple's base font has no accented letters, so this project adds 606 built-up accented glyphs for use in Pages, Keynote, Figma and browsers.Who would want this?Designers and typography fans who want to actually type with Apple's hello-screen script in tools like Figma, Pages, Keynote, or on the web, instead of only seeing it in the setup animation.
Designers and typography fans who want to actually type with Apple's hello-screen script in tools like Figma, Pages, Keynote, or on the web, instead of only seeing it in the setup animation.Can I use these fonts commercially?No. The fonts are derivative works of Apple's proprietary font data and are shared only for personal, non-commercial use.
No. The fonts are derivative works of Apple's proprietary font data and are shared only for personal, non-commercial use.What's the difference between the Filled and Variable fonts?Filled merges each letter's strokes into one clean outline with softly blended joins, matching Apple's hello screen exactly. Variable keeps each stroke as its own overlapping tube so you can dial weight from Thin (wght 100) to Black (wght 900), and the Joined variant also connects letters like p, ß and ρ that Apple normally leaves disconnected.
Filled merges each letter's strokes into one clean outline with softly blended joins, matching Apple's hello screen exactly. Variable keeps each stroke as its own overlapping tube so you can dial weight from Thin (wght 100) to Black (wght 900), and the Joined variant also connects letters like p, ß and ρ that Apple normally leaves disconnected.How was the font data actually obtained?Stroke centerlines and pen radii come from the private 'strk' table inside Apple's own MacintoshSkeletal.otf. The exact join shapes were recorded by running Apple's renderer in the iOS Simulator across roughly 14,000 letter pairs spanning Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
Stroke centerlines and pen radii come from the private 'strk' table inside Apple's own MacintoshSkeletal.otf. The exact join shapes were recorded by running Apple's renderer in the iOS Simulator across roughly 14,000 letter pairs spanning Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.Which scripts does it support?Latin, Greek and Cyrillic letterforms are covered, plus 606 added accented characters built from Apple's base letters and separate accent marks.
Latin, Greek and Cyrillic letterforms are covered, plus 606 added accented characters built from Apple's base letters and separate accent marks.Is Apple's write-on hello animation included in the font?No. The write-on stroke animation and glass shading are part of Apple's UI renderer, not something a static font file can reproduce.
No. The write-on stroke animation and glass shading are part of Apple's UI renderer, not something a static font file can reproduce.What are similar projects?fonts, c64-keyboard-font, source-han-sans, inter, maple-font, JetBrainsMono, awesome-design, monaspace
fonts, c64-keyboard-font, source-han-sans, inter, maple-font, JetBrainsMono, awesome-design, monaspaceWhich topics is it in?opentype, variable-fonts, typeface, fonts, design-tools, creative-tools, font, ui-design, typography, apple, design, reverse-engineering
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