![]() ![]() Work with missing fonts. To substitute missing fonts with a different font, select the text that uses the missing font and apply any other available font. To make missing fonts available in Illustrator, either install the missing fonts on your system or activate the missing fonts using a font management application. Likewise, font managers like Extensis Suitcase can automatically activate fonts that are in your font library when you open a document in Illustrator, Photoshop, etc. And when you close the document, those fonts that were activated will be deactivated again to keep your font list lean. My name is Bob and I am a fontaholic. I have thousands of fonts from Adobe’s Font Folio and CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, plus countless others that I’ve acquired through the years. And I know I’m not alone. If you’re still reading then like me, you know that installing more than 4,000 fonts is going to cause all kinds of problems. Even scrolling through a list that long would drive me nuts. With that many fonts, a font manager isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. I’m now on my fourth version of Extensis Suitcase Fusion, having first used it at version 3 and I have been pleased with the improvements with each release. Version 6 is no exception. As a mature application, this is an evolutionary upgrade—and that’s not a bad thing. ![]() ![]() While there are no earthshaking new features, this release is fully compatible with the newest operating systems, Yosemite and Windows 8.1. If you’ve recently upgraded your OS, or are thinking of doing so, this alone makes the upgrade to Suitcase Fusion 6 worthwhile to avoid incompatibilities. The interface has been tweaked enough to notice—especially the flat UI– but it will still feel familiar to upgraders. If you’re running it on a Mac Retina display you should notice sharper previews. Unfortunately, I don’t have Retina hardware available to test this on. Activation Tools The core features are still there. It’s a snap to activate and deactivate fonts from within the application and auto-activation plugins are installed automatically for InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and InCopy CS5 through CC2014 (note that CS4 and earlier are no longer supported). QuarkXpress versions 9 and 10 are also supported. With Extensis panels that are added to Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, activation can even be accomplished without ever leaving those friendly confines. Speaking of those panels they are now HTML5-based and noticeably faster and more responsive then the previous Flex-based panels. I used to leave them off most of the time but have added them to some of my saved workspaces to make accessing them quicker. Font sets (groups of fonts) can be created easily by dragging and dropping fonts from the preview window. Once created, activation is a simple click. As with all font activations, you have a choice to activate temporarily (until you restart your computer) or permanently. Beyond font activation Suitcase Fusion is not just about font activation. It has a nice array of features that can inspire you and make it easier to collaborate with others. How many times have you needed to send a font sample to a client? I like to change the view of the font samples to paragraph, copy/paste in some text from a project, and then drag the small camera icon to the desktop. This creates a PNG file that can be emailed for review.
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