help useing fontbook
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- _salisae_0
you'll need to get suitcase. fontbook sux.
- scottlitch0
i'm using fontbook. can you offer some tips on how to work it?
- usrper0
the advice would be not to use it.
- usrper0
and dont say "but im using fontbook"
:)
- johndiggity0
step 1. load your fonts in fontbook.
step 2. watch it suck.
- usrper0
LOL
- _salisae_0
hahahhaaha
real tragic comedy
- Beech0
haha i'm enjoying all this fontbook bashing. I remember i was so hanging out for it before 10.3 came out.
I'm using fontagent pro now. Its been good to me so far.
- airey0
a really excellent (insert air-quotes and strong sarcasm) is that if the wrong options are selected the fonts all get dumped into the one folder meaning that all PostScript font pieces (screen aand printer files) get separated and makes for fun and games when trying to collect for output with an app that doesnt collect fonts.
we use suitcase X11 here and no probs. i used to hate suitcase compared to ATM deluxe but it seems a solid app in my experience.
- nearestexit0
I agree. Don't use fontbook. I just quit using Suitcase also as it was not working very well. Instead, I now manually load fonts as I need them, which is a royal pain, but at least it is one less problem I have to worry about.
As for font managment in general, here is the link to an excellent article on where fonts are located on OSX and which ones you can dump.
http://www.creativepro.com/story…
Also, I think the article mentions keeping Monaco in the system/fonts folder. This font is also used by Safari when you want to View Source and by Flash MX2004 for actionscript (I know you can change the font for viewing actionscript, but on my computer the fonts seem to get squished and become illegible).
- welded0
Fontbook is a nightmare for anything but previewing. I've also taken to manually managing fonts and it works well. It's just cumbersome.