Extensis Suitcase Fusion 4: 1Y ASA add., Mac, UK ZMI-40106 User Manual
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Scanning Fonts to Add
When you add fonts, Suitcase Fusion performs a scanning process that finds, examines, and organizes all the
fonts. The amount of time the scan takes depends on a variety of factors, including: the number of fonts you’re
fonts. The amount of time the scan takes depends on a variety of factors, including: the number of fonts you’re
adding, the speed of your computer and the media on which the fonts are stored.
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The progress of the scan displays in the Activity area across the bottom of Suitcase Fusion 4. A progress
indicator gives information about the operation such as
Searching for Fonts or Processing Files.
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Double-click the Progress button to display the Activity Viewer, which shows you the status of each font
file being added. You can also choose
Window > Activity Viewer, or press Command-0 (the digit zero).
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Click the Stop button in the Activity area at the bottom of Suitcase Fusion to stop adding the fonts.
The fonts that are already added will remain in Suitcase Fusion. You can also click the
Stop button for an
individual font in the
Activity Viewer.
Resolving Font Problems
When fonts are added to Suitcase Fusion, the scanning process and the information collected help you clean up
your font library and make sure all your fonts are usable. Suitcase Fusion does not allow orphan bitmap or
orphan outline fonts, so they are not an issue. However, corrupt fonts, duplicate fonts and missing fonts may still
your font library and make sure all your fonts are usable. Suitcase Fusion does not allow orphan bitmap or
orphan outline fonts, so they are not an issue. However, corrupt fonts, duplicate fonts and missing fonts may still
cause problems.
Corrupt Fonts
Corrupt fonts can be the source of document problems as well as cause operating system issues. Suitcase
Fusion defines a corrupt font as any font for which the font resources cannot be opened, appear to contain
Fusion defines a corrupt font as any font for which the font resources cannot be opened, appear to contain
inconsistent information, or have incorrect values in important fields of the font file resource.
Most of the time, if a font is corrupt, it cannot be repaired. However, there are certain types of minor problems
that can be corrected, and there are certain types of problems that can be safely ignored. The scanning process
identifies corrupt or problem fonts and, depending on the type of problem, Suitcase Fusion either fixes the
Most of the time, if a font is corrupt, it cannot be repaired. However, there are certain types of minor problems
that can be corrected, and there are certain types of problems that can be safely ignored. The scanning process
identifies corrupt or problem fonts and, depending on the type of problem, Suitcase Fusion either fixes the
problem and adds the font to the library, or gives you the option to add the fonts in-place.
If you choose to add any potentially corrupt fonts in-place, they are put into a new date-stamped set named
If you choose to add any potentially corrupt fonts in-place, they are put into a new date-stamped set named
“Problem Fonts” so that you can review them and take appropriate action.
Adding potentially corrupt fonts in-place does have risks. Corrupt fonts may still not activate properly, and may
cause potential printing problems. The ability to add corrupt fonts in-place is only provided as a convenience if
you are absolutely unable to obtain a fresh copy of the font from your backups or from the font foundry. It is
highly recommended that you remove potentially corrupt fonts from your library as soon as it is no longer
Adding potentially corrupt fonts in-place does have risks. Corrupt fonts may still not activate properly, and may
cause potential printing problems. The ability to add corrupt fonts in-place is only provided as a convenience if
you are absolutely unable to obtain a fresh copy of the font from your backups or from the font foundry. It is
highly recommended that you remove potentially corrupt fonts from your library as soon as it is no longer
needed.
If you have added any corrupt fonts to Suitcase Fusion in-place, you might need to scan fonts in your library for
If you have added any corrupt fonts to Suitcase Fusion in-place, you might need to scan fonts in your library for
corruption.
To scan fonts for corruption:
To scan fonts for corruption:
1.
Select a font, set or library to scan for corrupt fonts.
2.
Choose File > Check for Corruption.
3.
Any corrupt fonts are placed into a new set within the selected library.
Duplicate Fonts
In Suitcase Fusion, a “duplicate font” is a font with the same Font Sense ID—meaning the exact same name,
foundry, type, version number, FOND ID, kerning table, and outline file size as another font.
There are no “true” duplicates stored in a Suitcase Fusion Font Vault. This means that if you are storing all of
your fonts in the Font Vault, if you add a font that contains exactly the same font metrics, it is not allowed into
the vault. If you are adding fonts in-place, you can add the same font from multiple locations, and it is definitely
foundry, type, version number, FOND ID, kerning table, and outline file size as another font.
There are no “true” duplicates stored in a Suitcase Fusion Font Vault. This means that if you are storing all of
your fonts in the Font Vault, if you add a font that contains exactly the same font metrics, it is not allowed into
the vault. If you are adding fonts in-place, you can add the same font from multiple locations, and it is definitely
possible to have the same font in Suitcase Fusion multiple times.
Since the criteria for duplicate fonts is so specific,and fonts can only be added to the Font Vault once, if you see
several fonts with the same name in a library it’s either because the fonts were added in-place, or that you have
different versions of the same font. For example, you may have two versions of a font, one that contains the Euro
Since the criteria for duplicate fonts is so specific,and fonts can only be added to the Font Vault once, if you see
several fonts with the same name in a library it’s either because the fonts were added in-place, or that you have
different versions of the same font. For example, you may have two versions of a font, one that contains the Euro