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Earendil · #11 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006, 03:20 PM

Listen to chris, I tried this after reading a PPF forum on this topic and it works great. I keep suitcase around and use it to load fonts on occasion to isolate an orphan font or to get a WYSIWYG preview on a font, but I now use the system folder method almost exclusively.

ddbray · #12 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006, 04:07 PM

AMEN CR

There is no need for a font management software package with OSX. I use the exact same method myself except I place the User Font folder in my sidebar so that it is always handy no matter what window I have open.

The only Font program I run is Font DoctorX and I only use it to clean up my fonts and create an alpphebitized font folder which I never add to or delete from (Only copy these fonts as needed). These fonts are only used when we have a problem with Customer fonts that they cannot resolve of if we create design pieces in house.

Litho9745 · #13 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006, 07:40 PM

I have a problem also with Suitcase. After startup, I load some fonts then whenever after that, it stalls for 1 minutes when I load another font. IT DRIVES ME MAD!!!!!!

Any help would be appreciated. I have done the obvious re-install, remove all fonts from the systems (only kept the necc. ones). Checked for corrupt fonts, etc....

mattbeals · #14 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006, 10:18 PM

FontAgent Pro...

Jezza · #15 (**permalink**) 02-22-2006, 11:56 PM

Try trashing the files

~ / Library / Preferences / com.extensis.Suitcase.plist

and the folder

~ / Library / Preferences / Suitcase Preferences

Obviously quit Suitcase first and then tras 'em. I use X1 all the time and encouner few difficulties, but I have a freind of mine in another company who describes it as Crashity, Crash, Crash, McCrash!

I went over to investigate and couldn't cure the problem until I started deleing cache files...

Try Panther cache cleaner or Tiger cache cleaner depending on your system. A lot lot of people use font finagler as well.

Personally I quite like Fusion, but I've doctored all my fonts. You can see what I think of Fusion at

http://www.prepressforums.com/ftopict-4782.html

Hope this helps

jason · #16 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 05:49 AM

Chris_r, please explain this again.

Quote:

i then made an alias of my user?username>fonts folder on my desktop

Its Thursday morning, my brain is not awake yet, I'm feeling kinda tired, I need some help.

Thanks.

chris_r · #17 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 06:03 AM

jason,

sure...all i have done is created an alias of the following folder, and placed it on my desktop:

HD>users>username (whatever your user name is)>library>fonts

then i copy fonts in and out of that alias on my desktop as needed. no font manager ive used works that easy. when im done with a job, i drag those fonts to the trash, and do a "secure empty trash". this gets rid of them, and then i drag in fonts for the next job.

again, im speaking only from my personal experience here, but ALL of my font issues vanished. maybe others have had issues that i dont know about, but my shop was riddled with font bullshit until we went this route, and now, nothing. and that makes me very happy indeed.

good morning all!

cr

zimmy · #18 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris_r

zombi,

i then made an alias of my user?username>fonts folder on my desktop. i drag my job fonts into that folder as needed, on a job by job basis, and trash them when i am done with them (use secure empty trash, since they in essence become system fonts when you drag them in there).
cr

Yep same here.Only problem was when working on a server and the fonts
were a couple folders deep,Illy wacked out a few times,other than that,
been doin it this way ever since OSX came out.

Rickyp_uk · #19 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 06:45 AM

I use suitcase X1 and don't have any probs. I'm curious to know, do the font activate live when u throw them in i.e. you don't have to restart your apps?

chris_r · #20 (**permalink**) 02-23-2006, 07:21 AM

ricky,

that is a good question. i have found that quark does NOT need to be restarted. i have found that the CS apps are a little more random in that regard...sometimes they do, sometimes they dont. i always restart my apps when i start a new job, so it is not any issue with me anyway.

oh yeah, i also do my font cache maintenance every morning as well, and doublecheck all of my system font folders to make sure they are in order.

cr