When OS X ask for Admin password

[sonn-gamm]

When OS X ask for Admin password to make some changes, the window dialog can't display the font properly and uses symbol-like characters.

[chenpanliao]

I do not have this issue if I rebooted twice. Did you reboot several times and this still happen?

[sonn-gamm]

I rebooted just once, thinking it may resolve the problem. I'll try to follow your suggestion!

[olliekav]

This is still happening to me after multiple reboots.

[cherini]

Same problem here, after multiple reboots.

[sonn-gamm]

I confirm things didn't change for me neither. After several reboots the problem persists.

[cherini]

Correction: I installed fonts in /Library/Fonts instead of ~/Library/Fonts and the problem is gone.

[wr]

I can confirm that moving fonts to /Library/Fonts works. Here are my steps:

1. Copy fonts to /Library/Fonts
2. Run sudo chown root:wheel FiraSystem*
3. Repair Disk Permissions diskutil repairPermissions /
4. Log out, log back in.

[Seme332]

What is the difference between /Library/Fonts and ~/Library/Fonts and where can I find the first one?

[anaemnesis]

The difference is explained here: http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht2435 (in short, the '~' symbol represents 'Home' for a specific user).

I'm also experiencing the same behaviour described here, and shown here (which is possibly a duplicate of this issue): https://github.com/jenskutilek/FiraSystemFontReplacement/issues/20.

[olliekav]

Moving to /Library/Fonts worked for me. So NOT your User library, it's the root library. Choose 'Go --> Go to folder --> /Library/Fonts' and you'll be in the correct folder.

[jenskutilek]

I have added an installer package so all installation woes should now be fixed once and for all :)