Extensis Suitcase Fusion 4: 1Y ASA ren., Mac, FR ZMF-40109 User Manual
Product codes
ZMF-40109
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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,
(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
If an application is not capable of dynamically updating its font menus, re-launch the application to access newly
activated fonts.
The Font Management Core
Suitcase Fusion keeps fonts active through the use of a background application called the Font Management
Core, or FMCore. Because the FMCore is always running in the background, you can exit Suitcase Fusion and
Core, or FMCore. Because the FMCore is always running in the background, you can exit Suitcase Fusion and
still keep the fonts you want active.
The FMCore starts the first time you start Suitcase Fusion 4, then will automatically start every time you log in to
your computer, unless you manually stop the core. To start the core after stopping it, you just need to start
The FMCore starts the first time you start Suitcase Fusion 4, then will automatically start every time you log in to
your computer, unless you manually stop the core. To start the core after stopping it, you just need to start
Suitcase Fusion 4.
To stop the FMCore:
To stop the FMCore:
1.
Choose Suitcase Fusion 4 > Preferences.
2.
Click the
Type Core
icon in the Preferences window.
3.
Click the Stop FMCore button in the Preferences window. In the warning dialog, click Stop FMCore .
Suitcase Fusion 4 will exit.
NOTE
You do not need to keep Suitcase Fusion open to keep fonts active or to activate fonts with the auto-activation
plug-ins. Choose
You do not need to keep Suitcase Fusion open to keep fonts active or to activate fonts with the auto-activation
plug-ins. Choose
Suitcase Fusion 4 > Quit Suitcase Fusion 4 (Command-Q) to close Suitcase Fusion 4, but
keep the FMCore running in the background.