Extensis Font Reserve Mac Client FRC-73699 User Manual

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1. An operator connected to the Font Reserve Server drags a job folder containing fonts to the 

Sets area of the Font Reserve Client. Font Reserve locates all the fonts within that folder, and 

adds them to the Font Reserve Server. Because the operator dropped the folder into the Sets 

area of the Client, Font Reserve automatically creates a set for the job while adding the fonts. 

2. When the fonts are added, the operator names the set with the job name or job number in 

order to clearly identify the set with the job. 

3. The operator shares the job’s set with the Production workgroup. At that moment, all users in 

the Production workgroup can see the new set and access the fonts immediately. 

Adding fonts in this manner ensures that all users working on a particular job are using the 

identical set of fonts—which speeds workflow and prevents costly errors. Remember that while 

fonts are being added, you’re receiving all the benefits of Font Reserve’s database technology: 

Fonts are checked for corruption, bitmap and outline files are matched up, true duplicates are 

weeded out, and important information about the fonts is extracted and added to the Font 

Reserve Server Database. Once fonts are added, you can tag them with custom keywords to 

indicate their projects, clients, etc. 

When a user activates a font, Font Reserve Server downloads the font to the client workstation, 

then activates it on that machine. On Mac OS X, fonts are activated automatically as documents 

are opened in most applications, and fonts can be activated for Classic applications as well. Fonts 

are downloaded to the local workstation rather than activated directly on the server for the 

following reasons: 

•  Mounted Server: To activate fonts directly from the server, the client machines would need to 

keep the server volume constantly mounted. This can cause a multitude of problems as well as 

a potential security breach. 

•  Network Traffic: Fonts activated over the network tend to cause a great deal of network traffic 

as the Mac OS, the print driver or other applications on the client machines need to access the 

font data. This “chatty” behavior can interfere with optimal network performance. 

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