Open the resulting System 7.0.1.smi.dmg and get the Fonts.Convert System 7.0.1.smi to a dmg image using Disk Utility using the menu item 'Images > Convert'.Unpack System 7.0.1.smi.bin with 'The Unarchiver.app' (free on the App Store here).Download the System 7 disk image from Apple for free here.So you could buy one of those and transfer the font :-) Locally, I can buy an original iMac running OS 9 for 50 EUR. Or unpack the system images provided by Apple, though I don't know which software you would need for that.Īpple abandoned Chicago as of OSX, as evidenced by the outrage here. Conceivably you could load up System 7 in an emulator like Sheepshaver and get the font out somehow. Mac OS 8 and 9, replacing the relatively harder-to-read Chicago as part of the. The last version of the OS to use this font as default was System 7.įor Mac OS 8, Apple decided to discard this wonderful part of theirīrand’s identity, and commissioned David Berlow of the Font Bureau toĪpple actually released System 7 for free download here. Charcoal is a sans-serif typeface designed by David Berlow of Font Bureau.
