The font-management tag has no wiki summary.
6
votes
4answers
160 views
Is it “legal” to use copyrighted fonts without a license for non-profit projects?
It is? I just want to use some specific fonts for a non-profit project. I'll never sell or get any money (not myself or anyone related) with this. Not myself or anyone or the makers of those fonts ...
4
votes
3answers
4k views
Is there a way to sort fonts inside Photoshop, as “serif,” “sans-serif,” “script,” etc.?
In my years as a graphic designer (and now web designer and developer,) I've acquired a great number of fonts; inasmuch as backing them up was a responsibility paramount attendant upon formatting my ...
4
votes
5answers
1k views
Checking through different fonts quickly
There's a trick I've seen other graphic designers do wehre they'll highlight a block of text, and then seemingly down-arrow through their whole list of fonts, seeing how it looks on that text block, ...
4
votes
4answers
5k views
how to collect fonts in illustrator CS5
I find manually collecting fonts to be a tedious, detail oriented job, is there a plug in or script or something that has thumbs up to do this tedious job for me?
4
votes
3answers
2k views
Creating a list of favourite fonts in Photoshop
I do a lot of design work, and I'm constantly using different fonts. Therefore I've built up a list of over 200 fonts in my directory.
Is there a way in Photoshop of creating a favourites short list ...
4
votes
1answer
37 views
Hiding symbol (and other weird) fonts from Photoshop
In my Photoshop fonts menu there's a lot of fonts I'll never use, and these get in the way of finding the fonts I do use. Can I hide those never-use fonts from Photoshop? (I'm not sure font management ...
4
votes
1answer
71 views
Fonts not combining correctly into a family (PC)
I'm using FontCreator 6.5 professional. I have two fonts in the same family, and in "naming" I've given them the same Font Family Name, and in Subfamily one is called Regular and the other is called ...
3
votes
2answers
315 views
Find a good contrast font?
So this isn't a font identification question - instead it's a font contrast question.
I'm not a graphic designer, but I'd like to make my site look nice. I've read the primers on picking fonts that ...
3
votes
4answers
3k views
How to package all faces of a font into one family file (Mac)
I've got a few fonts I've purchased over the past few years.
These are decent quality fonts with, on average, 8-15 different faces for the family.
The problem I have is each face is listed ...
3
votes
3answers
6k views
Recommend a good font management software for Windows 7
I am looking for a good Font Mangement Software for Windows 7.
Can you guys please recommend a good professional one, something that has options like:
install/uninstall a font at the touch of a ...
3
votes
1answer
87 views
Can you help me with a font licensing question (AKA what is the licensing for my font)?
I'm asking this question on behalf of the occasional new members who ask questions in the following categories (fill in the blanks as appropriate):
Does anyone know the licensing terms for ______ ...
3
votes
1answer
65 views
What is the best way to browse a large font collection?
I needed one font...then i found 24000. I installed all of them. My computer started to take minutes to do everything. So ...
How do i browse all fonts without crashing everything..not that i think ...
3
votes
2answers
328 views
What is a good free font management tool for linux?
I've been trying to find a font management tool that is free, but all solutions are comercial.
Is there a good font management tool that is free?
2
votes
3answers
447 views
How to revert to Windows original font list
I started working as a freelance graphic designer and I have many fonts installed from the era when I was just doing stuff for entertainment and learning. I don't want to use these fonts for my ...
2
votes
1answer
122 views
Font management tool across multiple machines
I have mac pro, imac and mac air and all of which I use at various times in the work flow creating a range of media.
I have various fonts across all three and have been trying to manage with font ...
1
vote
1answer
1k views
Can I manage the fonts that appear on Illustrator's Type drop down
On mac, I have many more fonts on my computer than I use daily. Is there a way to control which ones appear on Illustrator etc.'s menus?
I see that I can use Font Book to 'disable' the fonts. Is that ...
1
vote
3answers
11k views
Folder to put fonts for Illustrator CS6 without having to install fonts in system
I remember there used to be a folder I could just put fonts in and they would work for Adobe InDesign. I thought it was a folder called fonts in the same directory the InDesign document was. I tried ...
1
vote
2answers
103 views
How to preview installed fonts?
I'm completely new on a Mac. I would like a pointer as to how to visualize a preview of a given headline in as many fonts as possible from those installed on the system. What I need to accomplish is ...
1
vote
1answer
118 views
What is wrong with the type tool with Cambria in Photoshop?
When using Cambria (included with Office for Mac 2011) in PS, I get this huge insertion bar (err...).
But seriously, in the left hand example the cursor is positioned after the number 1, and the ...
0
votes
2answers
283 views
PDF font embedding; any utility to batch test font collection?
Question
Is there a utility that will batch test fonts to check which CAN and/or CANNOT be embedded in an Export to PDF?
Why?
I want to organise a (too large) collection of fonts so that when ...
0
votes
2answers
201 views
Using type 1 fonts in Inkscape on a Mac
I have type 1 fonts in pfb format that I would like to use with Inkscape on a Mac. However, I can't get Inkscape to find them. The instructions seem to be only for Linux or Windows, but I assumed ...
0
votes
1answer
301 views
Font management tools for Mac
It's been a few years since I've visited this topic, one which has been one of Apples biggest issues since OS9.
Font management. I have been using Font Explorer however I've never been very impressed ...
0
votes
1answer
1k views
How can I convert an FFIL suitcase file or PS1 file without an extension to otf or ttf?
I'm using a Mac (Snow Leopard) and have been given a file in FFIL format which I need to convert to ttf or otf so that I can use it to generate @font-face fonts. I also have the font as postscript ...
0
votes
1answer
37 views
Problems when importing font into SketchUp
I am trying to make 3d text in Sketchup but the font I want is not showing up. The font (Gotham) is loaded on my computer and I am able to use it in Photoshop, Word, etc but can't find it in Sketchup. ...
-1
votes
2answers
243 views
How do I remove odd entries from Illustrator Font menu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I manage the fonts that appear on Illustrator's Type drop down
My image menu in illustrator is messed up. There are double spaces some places, and fonts in <> ...
