Extensis Suitcase Fusion 4: 1Y ASA add., Win, FR ZWF-40106 Benutzerhandbuch
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Understanding Font Activation
Suitcase Fusion can activate an almost unlimited number of individual font files. As always with a font manager,
the idea is to activate only the fonts you need, when you need them. Keeping hundreds or thousands of fonts
the idea is to activate only the fonts you need, when you need them. Keeping hundreds or thousands of fonts
active can impact the performance of your system and your applications.
Determining a Font’s Status
To determine the status of a font, family, or set, check the state of the button in the
Activation column to the left
of it.
A blue dot means all the fonts are active temporarily.
A green dot means all the fonts are active permanently.
A hollow dot means some of the fonts in a family or set are active and some are
inactive.
inactive.
A blue diamond means fonts were automatically activated by a plug-in.
A box around the activation icon means that the font was added to Suitcase Fusion
temporarily.
temporarily.
A red dot with a question mark indicates that the font was added in-place, and can
no longer be located by Suitcase Fusion.
no longer be located by Suitcase Fusion.
Activating Fonts Permanently
When you activate fonts permanently, they activate automatically each time you log on to your computer and
stay active until you log off or shutdown.
stay active until you log off or shutdown.
Activating Fonts Temporarily
When you activate fonts temporarily, they stay active until you log off your computer.
In general, use permanent activation for fonts that you use daily, and use temporary activation for the fonts that
you use for quick jobs. If you’re going to work on a project for several days, you might activate its fonts
In general, use permanent activation for fonts that you use daily, and use temporary activation for the fonts that
you use for quick jobs. If you’re going to work on a project for several days, you might activate its fonts
permanently, then deactivate them when you’re finished with the project.
Activating Font Faces Within Families
Suitcase Fusion activates a single font face at a time—not an entire typeface family or suitcase. For example,
activating CaflischScriptPro-Light does not activate the entire Caflisch Script Pro family.
activating CaflischScriptPro-Light does not activate the entire Caflisch Script Pro family.
If you want to ensure that all variations of a typeface are available, select the entire family and activate it (
View >
Group Fonts by Family.
Updating Font Menus
In applications that dynamically update their font menus, active fonts are immediately added to the font list
(these include most of the major graphics applications, such as QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, InCopy,
Photoshop, and Illustrator).
If an application is not capable of dynamically updating its font menus, re-launch the application to access newly
activated fonts.
(these include most of the major graphics applications, such as QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, InCopy,
Photoshop, and Illustrator).
If an application is not capable of dynamically updating its font menus, re-launch the application to access newly
activated fonts.