Transfer sets in Font Explorer X Pro (Mac)?
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- fyoucher1
Tried searching online for a solution but to no avail. Wondering if folks here have ever come across this issue and know how to workaround it.
So got a shiny new iMac and am in the process of transferring my font sets from Font Explorer X Pro from one Mac to another that also has Font Explorer X Pro installed (the latest version).
I have a separate Fonts folder outside of the library where I store all my fonts. I use Font Explorer X for organizing different fonts for different client and their different projects (a lot of projects).
I know you can export a FEX file to transfer sets. However, my user name is slightly different on my new Mac (literally just has an extra "-T" in the user name). So when I import the FEX file onto the new Mac, it imports the sets but doesn't have ANY of the font files in the sets!!! Argggh.
Does anyone know of a way to possibly edit the FEX file to be able to change the directory? I'm wondering if I do that then it will be able to locate the font files and set up the transfer correctly.
- mantrakid0
crazy im going through this right now as well.. ive been looking in to see if there's a way i can modify the library file to search and replace the old username with the new one... ill let you know if i find anything.
- fyoucher10
yeah, I did that to the DB file that's packed with the FEX file using textEdit but nothing happened. I emailed Customer Support but haven't heard back yet.
- mantrakid0
Ok i figured itout, and it's all within FEPro.
1. Right Click on a missing font. Just to follow along, do it from your "All Fonts" view.
2. Choose "Go To Conflicts"
3. In Conflicts, go to the bottom and choose from the dropdown "Fonts LIsted in FE XPro but deleted in Finder" and then hit Scan.
4. It will detect conflicts and All your fonts will show up in the top listing. Click in there and Command A to select all.
5. Once they're all selected, use the 2 fields at the bottom now:
a. Replace path component: type Users/oldusername/
b. in all selected fonts with: type User/newusername/6. Click Apply.
7. Listen to your hard drive.
8. Come back to QBN and thank me
- fyoucher10
Yeah, by my fonts in the sets aren't even appearing (i.e. the set says 0 fonts) :( Grrrrr
- mantrakid0
oh fuck, sorry
uh.. hmm. swapping the ~/Library/Application Support/Linotype folder from the old computer to the new one doesnt work?
- mantrakid0
are the fonts themselves listed in the "All Fonts" its just the sets that are empty?
- mantrakid0
Thats what i was getting at tho - you're using some kinda export thing to get the sets, but why not just copy the actual Application support folder which is 100% the database from the old computer, then it should just report missing fonts since it wasnt exported 'correctly' and then you can just do the search / replace on the font source folder (in Conflicts as above) and get the fonts connected up.
- chances are when you do the export / import its bringing the sets but it's 'smart' enough to not bring over the missing fontsmantrakid
- so if you 'hack' it basically by forcing it to think you have all the fonts, but then not find them, you can fix themantrakid
- issue of the missing fonts easily using my post from above.mantrakid
- fyoucher10
Ah hah. Thanx much. Will give that a try :)
- oey_oey0
Since yesterday in FontExplorer X Pro all my TTF and OpenType fonts are not showing and everything is "Not available"
I can't use the fonts or install when I open either AI or PS...
Any thoughts?