Font Agent Pro 6 vs Suitcase Fusion 5?

I'm about done with Suitcase and all it's bugs. Has anyone used Font Agent Pro 6 with ID CC 2014? Can you give me the pros/cons?

Any hope that Suitcase will resolve the conflict with Google Chrome re. Helvetica Neue?
I had to run the Suitcase Uninstall program to solve the conflict (worked instantly: restart, webpages load with Helvetica), but I'd like to be able to use a proper font management tool (like Suitcase) for all sorts of Adobe-based work (and not have to mess around with fonts on a constant basis).

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My extensive Font Age Pro 4.0.3 library of fonts does not show up in Fireworks CS4. Does anyone know why? The only fonts
Fireworks sees are those controlled by Font Manager. I do not recall this problem with Tiger and Fireworks CS3.
Photoshop CS4 has no problem (yes there is an Auto-Activation Plug-in for Font Agent Pro 4), however did not have a problem not having it when was
running CS3 Fireworks.
Fireworks Version: 10.0.3.11
Mac OS X: 10.5.8 (Leopard)
Font Agent Pro: 4.0.3
Thanks
Derek

Delmar Penner wrote:
I changed it all to 3D and moved a few of them around closer - looked at it from top, right, left, back.. yea, all of the different views and couldn't see anything wrong.
Actually, the need to use 3D isn't very apparent in this comp. I wouldn't use 3D unless there was a reason to do so.
Delmar Penner wrote:
... everything up from "Other Credits" don't show up... I noticed that there is the kind of grid with blue symbol right in front of where I name the layers -- what does that mean? It's all those that are not showing up... Any connection?
Indeed there is! You've mistakenly made guide layers, not text layers. Here's a description of them:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7e76 a.html
...and here's more on them:
http://community.adobe.com/help/search.html?q=guide%20layer&hl=en_US&lr=en_US&l=aftereffec ts_product_adobelr&site=aftereffects_cs5_all&self=1&filter=0

How do I deactivate fonts? (Font Agent Pro or Font Explorer)

I purchased Font Agent Pro (3.3.2) and have tried Font Explorer X (1.2.2) and don't know what I am doing wrong--even when I ask them to deactivate all fonts it still looks like all fonts are active in application font menus.
I've had FAP installed for a couple years and have been living with the problem but I would like to get it solved as it is very tedious to scroll through hundreds of fonts to look for what I want.
Font Explorer reported that I had 2400 active fonts. I told it to disable everything it would, now it says there are 376 active fonts, but fonts that are listed as inactive are still available.
What do I do?
John

Since neither are Apple products, you'd be better off contacting Insider support for your Font Agent issues.

Font Agent Pro- sharing font sets

Hi,
I m in need of a font manager that shares fonts within the LAN.
I tried Font Agent Pro, it works well.
But once fonts are shared between 2 systems(say A and B),A has 15 fonts, i need to activate 10 of them in one stretch instead of activating individually so that all 15 fonts are accessible in system B.
Just like sharing fonts in sets, i need to activate fonts(in sharing tab) in sets. Is it possible?
When i share fonts of 2 sets, they do not appear as sets in the shared system. Instead all fonts from 2 sets are mixed up and they r shown.
In the shared system, is it possible to activate one set of fonts(shared)?
If someone has worked with Font Agent Pro, please help me...
Thank You

contact the FAP guys they will get right back to you .
FAP also has server software.

Font Agent Pro problems again

i posted this exact same problem using FAP4 some time back (it was later fixed with FAP updates)
i recently updated CS6 to FAP5 and the exact problems are back (OSX 10.7.5)
the FAP5 plugin causes CS6 to 1) NOT auto activate my fonts and 2) NOT note what the missing font is
of course, Photoshop> About Plugin... does not do anything to note the plugin version
but here are screenshots of get info
disabling the FAP CS6 plugins with a tilde not only made the font available, but it also calls out the correct font
FLAKEY...

Any hope that Suitcase will resolve the conflict with Google Chrome re. Helvetica Neue?
I had to run the Suitcase Uninstall program to solve the conflict (worked instantly: restart, webpages load with Helvetica), but I'd like to be able to use a proper font management tool (like Suitcase) for all sorts of Adobe-based work (and not have to mess around with fonts on a constant basis).

Life after Suitcase Fusion. How do I install a font manager to Tiger?

I just rid my Dual Processor G5 Power Mac w/ Tiger 4.7 upgraded system (gasp) of Suitcase Fusion, (say no more). I need to install Font Agent Pro 3 or FontExplorer X.
However, I'm green at the thought of reintroducing another font manager. Do I shut down Font book? I've read that no font manager should run side by side with font book, or any other font manager. I'm still suffering a little PSD.
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) Running Adobe Creative Suite

I guess my real gripe is that why? would Apple remove a feature from the OS that was there for more than 15 years...
A very good question. There are a lot of pre OS X features that have slowly worked their way back in, such as spring loaded folders. But why this feature still hasn't reappeared this far into OS X's development is puzzling and frustrating.
I'd never heard of Font Smasher before, so looked it up and downloaded the demo. Being from the same folks who produce Font Agent Pro, it's probably pretty nice software. Rather pricey though at $49 for a single usage application. Especially for someone in your position who would have to purchase more than a few copies in order to spread them around the shop. I'll stick with using Font Doctor for now since I already have it.
But yes, it drives me a bit nuts that we still can't do this as easily as we could in OS 7 - 9. A copyright issue Apple had to conform to? Not very plausible since we could do this up until OS X. About all you can do is give Apple feedback and ask that we get this function back. I'm sure you know as well as I some of the mishmashed suitcases clients send that need to be cleaned up in order to use them.
The need to do able to get into font suitcases will be around for a long time, so it's not a minor thing.

Missing fonts in InDesign CS4 - even when 'open' in Suitcase Fusion 3

Hi all, I'm running InDesign CS4 on a Intel Mac Pro (tower), about 4 years old, running OSX Snow Leopard (all updates applied).
Using Suitcase Fusion V3 for font management.
I have a document that previously had no font issues at all. Now when I open it InDesign throws up a 'Missing font' error.
I have the correct fonts installed and 'open' in Suitcase Fusion.
The font is available in Simpletext and Pages, but not InDesign and Illustrator.
The troublesome font was OK the other day and has been since it was installed.
I've not changed anything that I'm aware of... but now InDesign won't 'see' the font.
In the 'Find Font' dialogue box the 'Path' says it's 'Unkown or missing'.
InDesign can see the other weights in the font family (bold, italic etc) but not regular. And yet the entire font family is in the same folder on my hard drive.
I've tried deleting all the' Adobe.lst' files. No Joy.
I've run Font Doctor on the whole font family, its says it's OK.
I've tried re-installing the font from a back-up. Nada.
If anyone has any suggestions..... feel free to let rip!
As ever, I await your expertise and unstinting knowledge in these matters And, needless to say, I'll be mighty appreciative for it!
RP

Hi Bob, strangely... I've put the troublesome font, Dax (T1) Regular, in the Applications/Adobe InDesign CS4/Fonts folder and it seems to be working.
Never had to do that before.
Would be great to get back to 'normal'. If possible.
Although I have many duplicates spread across back-up drives and collected artwork folders, I've also tried to eliminate any duplicate 'open' versions. But the above solution is the only one that works at the moment.
RP
p.s. I also tried removing any AdobeFNT**.lst files, (where ** is a number) before the above work around. That didn't work either.

CS4- lost 1/2 of my fonts via Suitcase Fusion trial??? HELP

If ANYONE can please help me ... today I downloaded a trial version of Suitcase Fusion 3 to see waht is was like. I also uninstalled it today.
NOW, all of my Adobe programs are missing (not pulling up) my enitre fonts list ie: basics like Myriad Pro are missing from the drop down menu among many others, and previous deisgn documents are opening with errors saying:
"fonts or characters are not available or in a different format than originally specicifed". Then, when I DO open that document, I cannot even correctly place the original fonts—they are not available.
My Fonts do show in my Library (iMac OSX 10.5)
Is there any way to restore my fonts? It seems like they are not "talking" to my software programs (all of my software ...including Microsoft word /excel etc)
Thank you,
Chemol

There is a cache of fonts... I would try:
Trash, Replace, Reset, or Restore the application Preferences: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990
If that doesn't do it, try cleaning out ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 6.0/en_US/CompositeFont

Suitcase Fusion trial? CS4- lost 1/2 of my fonts via ....HELP

If ANYONE can please help me ... today I downloaded a trial version of Suitcase Fusion 3 to see what is was like. I also uninstalled it today.
NOW, all of my Adobe programs are missing (not pulling up) my enitre fonts list ie: basics like Myriad Pro are missing from the drop down menu among many others, and previous design documents are opening with errors saying:
"fonts or characters are not available or in a different format than originally specicifed". Then, when I DO open that document, I cannot even correctly place the original fonts—they are not available.
My Fonts do show in my Library (iMac OSX 10.5)
Is there any way to restore my fonts? It seems like they are not "talking" to my software programs (all of my software ...including Microsoft word /excel etc)
Thank you,
Chemol

Hi Chemol,
Sorry to hear that you're having issues. Good news is that it's very unlikely that your font files have been affected by Suitcase Fusion.
As pointed out by other posters, it's possible that you have some corrupt font cache files on your system. Suitcase Fusion 3 has the ability to clean out these files, but if you don't want to reinstall it, you can try out Font Nuke to clear the same files.
If you like, our support team is happy to help you understand how Suitcase Fusion works with your system, and help you get up and running properly.
http://www.extensis.com/support
I also highly recommend reading our Font Management in Mac OS X Best Practices Guide. This tells you all about where fonts can be stored in a Mac, file types, common problems & solutions, etc. The Suitcase Fusion user documentation is also very detailed about how to effectively manage fonts on your machine.
Hope that this helps.
Jim Kidwell
Extensis

Fontbook fonts not syncing with my software programs-after SuitCase Fusion Trial

I am hoping someone can offer some insight / help. I am frantic .....a graphic designer needing my fonts asap!!
TRIGGER/ Problem arose today -- I installed and then uninstalled a trial version of Suitcase Fusion 3 today - and now 1/2 of my fonts are not recongnized by my software programs (ie: all Adobe software, MS Word, excel etc).
Basically when I open up FONTBOOK it shows all of my fonts under the ALL FONTS column, however when I want to use them in InDesign or PhotoShop or WORD, or Illustrator ....etc (you get the idea) ...they are not available from any drop down menues. It's as though the Fusion Software trial delinked them from use in all my applications?
Does anyone know how to reestablish fonts as they are listed / available in FONTBOOK?
Is there possible corruption OR is it just something I need to reestablish in my system?
Thanks kindly,
Jhoe

You used the software's built in uninstaller correct?
Because if you didn't you need to install it again, then use their uninstaller first.
Next, download OnyX here
http://www.titanium.free.fr/
Run ALL the maintenance and cleaning aspects, you can cancel the reboot in between, but you need to reboot at the end of using OnyX.
This page especially should be of extra interest, it will rebuild your font caches.
Going to take a little time, but hopefully that will fix your issue.
None of your programs, files or fonts will be deleted, it's just cleaning out the system so it can rebuild itself.
If it doesn't work, then what likely has happened is the trial software didn't completely remove itself or altered something and didn't place things back the way it should be.
You should contact the support people for that program. They might have instructions.
But since you can't always count on them, it's always best to have a "hold option bootable clone" of your boot drive on a external drive which you can reverse clone from or use if your boot drive dies, and/or a TimeMachine drive where you can restore back to a previous state before the software install occurred.

Lightroom 6 - Missing fonts with Extensis Suitcase Fusion 6

Upgrade today from LR5 to LR6 CC and have lost lots of fonts! Understand an old problem, but can't find recent solution. I still have all fonts in Photoshop CC after update. How do I get my fonts back? They still appear in LR5.

Suitcase Fusion 5 v. 16.1.0. I'll check if there's been another update. But I'd installed one not long ago.
It turned out that turning the font off in Suitcase and back on again made it show up in the menu -- which at least worked once. But it doesn't explain why they all disappeared in the first place.
The problem does now appear to be at the Suitcase end, though because when I relaunched Photoshop they were missing there as well.
I certainly wasn't aware of any hiccups or power glitches, and Suitcase had been running the whole time.

Suitcase Fusion/Classic Font Problems

I have a few machines that can still run Quark 4.1 in Classic mode for viewing legacy files.
Sadly, I installed Suitcase Fusion, which KO'd my ability to open any fonts in Classic apps. I have uninstalled Suitcase, using the Extensis Knowledge Base article on how to do it. But now, with Suitcase uninstalled, I still can't get any fonts to work in my Classic apps. I'm using the method of dropping the fonts directly into the System(9)Folder/Fonts folder. But when the apps open, none of the fonts I've added are available for use.
Any ideas on how I can regain the ability to add fonts for use in Classic, short of a re-install of system software?
Thanks.

Are the fonts you're putting into that folder OS 9 fonts or OS X fonts?
I haven't used Suitcase in nearly 12 years and have no idea how Suitcase Fusion works with old-style fonts in OS X. If you think SF might have altered your old OS 9 font files in any way, make sure the ones you put in your System Folder/Fonts folder are copies of the original old fonts, not ones that have been touched by Suitcase.

Suitcase Fusion 3 for fonts slowing down Illustrator?

I'm working on a PC in windows 7 and using CS5. I have Extensis Suitcase Fusion 3 for font management but someone told me that this may be why my Illustrator in particular is so slow. I frequently have to sit and wait for it to catch up to me while the top title bar says "Not responding".
Can anyone comment on this? I don't want to give up my suitcase font manager - I really like it. Surely these programs can get along??

Sorry that Illustrator is being slow for you. If you think that that Suitcase is causing the problem. I would do two things.
1. Ensure that your version of Suitcase was built to work with your version of Illustrator.
http://www.extensis.com/downloads/compatibility-guides/suitcase-fusion-compatibility-guide /
2. If they are compatible, and you still think that it's Suitcase, please contact Extensis support.
http://www.extensis.com/support
Jim

Suitcase Fusion/Photoshop Font Issue

I have Photoshop CS5.5 with Suitcase Fusion 15.0.5. When I use any kind of typeface in a Photoshop file it appears jagged. When I rasterized the type, the edges are still jagged. It does display the correct font and not defaulting to a generic one. It is just that the curved edges are bad.
I am to figure out if this is a Photoshop or Suitcase issue. I have reinstalled the suitcase plugin, no change. Reset Photoshop to it's defaults. My other apps (e.g. Adobe, Apple and Microsoft), the fonts look great.

What's the ppi resolution of your files? What type of file format?
Once rasterized, text in Photoshop is no longer vector. Unless you have a very high ppi resolution, text is bound to appear jagged.
Photoshop is not the ideal application for text.

Fonts not available in IDCC2014, with Suitcase Fusion 5 or 6

I have opened and worked a InDesign CC2014 doc. Everything is fine. The next day I attempt to open the doc again with the same fonts installed and they come up missing. I try several Macs, (different OSs), different versions of Suitcase Fusion including the latest and I get the same issue. Cleared font cache, restarted, etc to no avail. Any ideas? This has happened over the years occasionally, and has seemed to happen recently on a few occasions.
Thanks

That's a large part of the problem. You have more than one font manager on your Mac. If you're not using Font Book, delete it. Then you need to reset its orphaned database so OS X stops trying to control which fonts are, or aren't active according to that data.
To remove Font Book from the hard drive, follow these steps:
1) Open Font Book, and then its preferences. Uncheck the box for "Alert me if system fonts change". Close the preferences and shut down Font Book. Put the Font Book application in the trash and delete it.
2) Restart your Mac and immediately hold down the Shift key when you hear the startup chime to boot into Safe Mode. Keep holding it until OS X asks you to log in (you will get this screen on a Safe Mode boot even if your Mac is set to automatically log in). Let the Mac finish booting to the desktop and then restart normally.
This will reset Font Book's database and clear the cache files in your user account. The main goal in this step is to remove the orphaned Font Book database from the hard drive. With the Font Book application no longer on the hard drive, a new one cannot be created. Which is what we want.
3) Close all running applications. From an administrator account, open the Terminal app and enter the following command. You can also copy/paste it from here into the Terminal window:
sudo atsutil databases -remove
This removes all font cache files. Both for the system and all user font cache files. After running the command, close Terminal and immediately restart your Mac.

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