fonts not showing up in cs3

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SooTyLaD

SooTyLaD

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How do :)

I'm having a bit of a font issue...

i am using the standard font book to manage my fonts, and when opening fla/ai files for example, it says i dont have certain fonts installed...

(fonts that i do have)

a) should these not be "automatically activated"?

and

b) the font that is required by the fla file i just opened IS activated in font book, but does not show up in the flash fonts... any ideas? i restarted flash to no avail...
 
i've been having a read of what i could find on google, and it seems reliable font management is not a strong point of os x :confused: - considering its by far the design orientated platform of choice thats mad! - people have problems when using fot agent pro, fontexplorer x, never mind font book! - if anyone knows how you can get fonts to reliably activate and show up in non-cocoa apps (cuz i think thats where the problem is) the please let me know...
 
Go to the Font Book in Applications and import them manually.

Then go and open Photoshop / CS3 Suite app of your choice and it should load it in.

I believe a thread of this was created by someone not so long ago.. might want to search.
 
already read that thread, and its not any help in my situation since i dont want to fully install all the fonts, i have around 2000 and only want the necessary ones activated at any one time, also i like to keep the non-standard fonts in a different place on my hdd...

i use librarys in font book, maybe that is the problem...
 
I think you expect too much from OS X.

Just install the fonts you need, and delete them when you're done?
 
i've gone back to fontexplorer x - its a bit buggy but at least it works unlike font book...

i dont think i'm expecting too much EVH, i moved to mac primarily for my design work as mac is "where its at" in that field...

i use many fonts for different projects so installing them and deleting them would be a right pain in the arse... fontexplorer will do the job for now ;)
 
Surely you'd only need to install the fonts you use once.

My point being; rather than installing and using fonts when you need them, then removing them when you don't, install them all and then you'll have a choice :)

Unless the fonts are taking up precious space? :confused:
 
EVH said:
Surely you'd only need to install the fonts you use once.

My point being; rather than installing and using fonts when you need them, then removing them when you don't, install them all and then you'll have a choice :)

Unless the fonts are taking up precious space? :confused:
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you've gotta be kidding... you tried using photoshop with a couple of thousand fonts? not only does it slow down like a b****c but the font list is a nightmare to navigate... thats why these font management programs exist...

font book is supposed to be capable of performing this management but it obviously doesn't, hence why i'm now using fontexplorer x, having them ALL installed is just not an option...
 
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