Font management: workflow advice
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:10 am
I have several questions in regard to your software, please.
Unless I am missing something, I see that you do not distinguish between the fonts actually installed into the Windows Fonts folder and the ones you create the shortcuts for. This seems inconvenient. It would be good to see in the interface where an installed font actually resides.
What do I do in a situation when I have two (or more) computers? Should I have my font collection and database synchronised between all of them? What happens if I want to move some of the files in my collection when they are already installed? I can’t ("files in use") and it seems I have to deinstall them first.
Yet, I see no easy way to remove only the files installed by FontExpert or only the files installed using the shortcuts. So, I am having to look at the Fonts folder and deinstall the files one by one. By the way, is it OK to delete the shortcuts from there directly?
Will it be easier to force FontExpert to copy the files into the Windows Fonts folder (how?)? But then FontExpert will keep creating redundant backups every time I want to deinstall, right?
Please advise,
Anna
Unless I am missing something, I see that you do not distinguish between the fonts actually installed into the Windows Fonts folder and the ones you create the shortcuts for. This seems inconvenient. It would be good to see in the interface where an installed font actually resides.
What do I do in a situation when I have two (or more) computers? Should I have my font collection and database synchronised between all of them? What happens if I want to move some of the files in my collection when they are already installed? I can’t ("files in use") and it seems I have to deinstall them first.
Yet, I see no easy way to remove only the files installed by FontExpert or only the files installed using the shortcuts. So, I am having to look at the Fonts folder and deinstall the files one by one. By the way, is it OK to delete the shortcuts from there directly?
Will it be easier to force FontExpert to copy the files into the Windows Fonts folder (how?)? But then FontExpert will keep creating redundant backups every time I want to deinstall, right?
Please advise,
Anna