Font Organisation

I recently decided that it was time to tidy up my mac and get rid of old software to free up space. During my spring clean I added more fonts that I had meant to do ages ago. Since doing so I have caused myself more bother instead of creating a faster and more efficient machine!
My fonts displayed incorrect on some websites, and in my emails that I receive. I posted a query before about the Apple homepage fonts displaying incorrectly and have resolved that, however there are still a few sites that aren't right.
I have the Font Book app. that comes with Panther, but also have Extensis Suitcase X1 on my machine (and maybe a few other font organisers that I haven't found yet during my clear out). Is there one specific application that is good to manage all my fonts together? If so where do I store the fonts on my machine for the application to access them? Ideally I want all my fonts in one place and organised by one app. is this possible without messing up how text is displayed on my machine?
Thanks in advance for any help, I need to spring clean and get it all working efficiently... it is Spring after all!!

Off the top of my head, I'd guess that there's still an 'extra' variant of Times somewhere. You can work through your Suitcase files yet again to triple-check. There's an option in Suitcase somewhere, I think, to check for font damage; use the Suitcase help menu to track down that option and look for a damaged font (or even a sinle dmaged size of a particular font).
If the problem is limited to a single email, try a brute-force hit-it-with-a-rock school of engineering solution: select all in the email and change the size and/or font family to something else, saving the changes.

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Last edited by azerty (2007-08-23 22:14:46)

Ok maybe it's a bit difficult to explain my problem.
Another try
I want Xfce' fonts to look like this
but currently it looks like this.
As I already know from my Xfce experiences with Debian, using a font like Monospace normally gives me a nice smooth font as in the first link/image. But currently I can chose Monospace or whatever, the font stays the same, even if I select Monospace the font stay as small and awkward as before. But as I said before Monospace should give me another font which, as stated above, would be very smooth.
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Font management software windows7

I'm using Windows 7 now and CS5. Used to use suitcase for my temporary fonts needs, but I hear of users having problems with it now. Problems deactivating, ghost fonts in de windows/fonts folder etc. So I'm looking for alternatives.
Which are the best font managers for windows 7? I want to be able to temporarily install fonts from e.g. cd's or usb drives. But without it touching the windows/fonts folder so when I deactivate the font it won't make the windows/fonts folder bigger or mess up my windows installation in other ways. Preferably it should have auto-activation plugins for cs5 too. Don't know if suitcase 3 has improved much? Can it really make the windows/fonts folder bigger when installing temporary fonts? Or mess up the build in Windows Font Manager like it's said in forums?
Anyway, don't know of other, better, most used tools but basically it should do the same as suitcase dit. Organise font sets with the fonts being located in my own folders instead of windows/fonts. Activate/deactivate them. Add temporary fonts from e.g. cd. All without enlarging my windows/fonts folder.
Suggestions?

Any advice on what font manager works well under windows 7 without bloating the windows/font folder or mess up windows 7's build in 'windows font manager'? What do graphic designers working with a w7 machine use as a font manager? I've read that a font could also be installed temporarilly by opening the font file and keeping its window open, but that doesn't seem to work anymore. There doesn't seem to be many font managers around for windows. And the few that do exist aren't updated to include cs5 auto activation plugins or compatible with w7.

Font.SANS_SERIF symbol not found

myGraphics.setFont(new Font(/*"sans-serif"*/Font.SANS_SERIF,Font.PLAIN,12));Full error:
blah.java line:77: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable SANS_SERIF
location: class java.awt.Font
changing to "sans-serif" is my workaround for the moment.
This compiles fine on a linux system, but wouldn't work here for me. Same with Font.MONOSPACED. Is it something to do with the way fonts are organised in the system?

What's your Java version? Check the API, many of the Font class constants are since 1.6.
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MS Sans Serif font missing

I receive a regular club bulletin which is in MS Sans Serif.
When I open it with Pages I get a warning that MS Sans Serif is missing, and I replace it with Microsoft Sans Serif.
But, neither before or after replacing it, is the pagination as the author intended. It is not the same as when opened in LibreOffice for example.
Is there any way I can download MS Sans Serif and have Pages use it?
Or any other way round this problem for Pages? or do I have to use LibreOffice
Thanks

fruhulda wrote:
It might or might not get the pagination wrong. It depends on which features used when creating the document.
My strong view is that the Sender has the obligation to make sure everyone who he/she wants to read the bulletin, should use a format or supply with alternatives, to make sure it can be read. The reader shouldn't be the one to adjust to the senders restricted view on which format or font to use. You have to ask for a pdf version at least. You can open in Preview, PC user have to get Adobe reader but they usually already have it on their computers.
I can't see it a a defeat on your part. Maybe I can see it on the senders part thoguh.
You are right of course, in this day and age PDFs and Adobe Reader should be the norm.
But this is a voluntary organisation where a lot of work is done unpaid by a few people. Neither the sender nor the members are particularly computer literate. I don't feel it is appropriate to tell them about their obligations!
I call it a defeat because my Macs can't handle such a document without third party software or requesting the sender to do something which all the Windows members don't need. This is the kind of problem which helps put people off Macs.
However, you said that there is a possibility that Pages would get the pagination right if it had the correct font, so can I ask again if it is possible to download MS Sans Serif? There are other Microsoft fonts in OSX, so why not this one? I have googled for it without success.
It isn't a big deal to use LibreOffice, but my tidy mind would like Pages to handle it if possible.
Thanks for helping

The Italics font is extremely frustrating.

Hi guys.
I'm a writer, and I'm having a frustrating time with the italics command.
I don't use italics often… But when I do, I find that pressing "Command" and the letter "i" sometimes results in the spotlight menu popping up.
This is extremely irritating, because I'm usually halfway through a paragraph at this point and I'm just trying to put words down.
All of a sudden, my writing has to be interrupted and I have to turn off the spotlight menu… Sometimes it's not spotlight… but some other completely random menu or panel.
Also, I find that the italics function simply doesn't work sometimes…. Perhaps I've hit the letter "i" before "command" Perhaps I was bouncing between italics and regular font… I honestly don't know… But whatever I did, the computer is somehow confused and will not go to italics anymore unless I copy and past a section of text that has italics in it.
Although the italics is my main issue here… I've also found that pressing buttons too fast sometimes resorts in menus or panels or search bars popping up.
Again, extremely frustrating since all I want to do is get into the world I'm writing about—without having to constantly press the "X" button.
Also, while I'm on the subject….I might as well ask if anyone has some feedback about how I might be able to set up my Pages so that it is more conducive to writers.
For instance, when I want to commit myself to my writing, I try to go in "full screen" mode… But there's always this awful toolbar and sidebar that I have to hide, it's a really frustrating way to start my writing process.
Is there a way to get rid of these awful distractions… Or is there a program that someone else could recommend?

What OS are you using (update the signature/ profile info if it isn't 10.5).
The shortcuts sound odd in what app is 'cmd+i' bringing up Spotlight?
System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts covers all custom shortcuts for the OS, see if Spotlight is assigned to cmd+i
Check the 'app shortcuts' section too for any that may conflict or bring up Spotlight.
You may also want to confirm the same thing happens in another user account, make one in System Preferences > Users & groups, login as that user & see if the same issue occurs - it could be an app that is running in your account if the new user behaves differently.
Also see if you can catch the 'flash of a menu' when hitting the shortcut - it could indicate if the app is responsible for triggering Spotlight. Dig into that menu to examine it's shortcuts.
As to alternatives to Pages…
MS Word, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, AbiWord, Scrivener are 'word processors' (text with a billion other options like images, tables, organisation tools…).
WriteRoom, FocusWriter, Zen are more like 'text editors' and generally allow you to focus on typing words, some restrict how you can style text, so bear that in mind if you need styled output. Don't forget TextEdit too - simple & built in but actually quite effective.
This site is good for finding possible alternatives, use the 'Official site' link to get the app or see more detail.
http://alternativeto.net/software/pages/?platform=mac

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