The Last Word in Font Management
One of those questions that seems to come up over and over again is how to easily use all of the fonts that come with CorelDRAW as well as all of the other software we have. Today's tutorial is an oldie, but a goodie. It gives you the information you need to properly manage your fonts. Information from The Last Word in Font Management can also be found in CorelDRAW X4 Unleashed with even more details.
Of course one of the biggest pieces of the font management puzzle is to utilize Bitstream Font Navigator, one of the utilities supplied with CorelDRAW. Unfortunately it hasn't been properly maintained over the years and doesn't work as well with Vista and Windows 7. I'm on a search for a replacement font management program and have identified one that may just do the trick. I'm still doing some research and will share my results once I have had time to test this new software. If you have a font management program that you prefer to use, post a comment and let me know about it.
Of course one of the biggest pieces of the font management puzzle is to utilize Bitstream Font Navigator, one of the utilities supplied with CorelDRAW. Unfortunately it hasn't been properly maintained over the years and doesn't work as well with Vista and Windows 7. I'm on a search for a replacement font management program and have identified one that may just do the trick. I'm still doing some research and will share my results once I have had time to test this new software. If you have a font management program that you prefer to use, post a comment and let me know about it.
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posted by Foster D. Coburn III at
1:00 AM
6 Comments:
AMP Font Viewer , works on old computers, and is free.
Foster, I've been using Bitstream on an AMD Quad 4 running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit with no problems. I had terrible problems with Vista, but I believe there was a patch that fixed the internal hemorhaging (known as "Windows has stopped responding").
Eric
Eric,
I've not had the hanging problem you mentioned. The problem I and many others have with BFN is that it won't install Type 1 fonts on Vista and Windows 7.
Extensis Suitcase 11 for windows, activates and deactivates fonts fast.
I've been using FontExpert for a while now. I haven't upgraded to the newest version but the built-in font duplication finder, font renamer and font repair features are the extra bells and whistles that I was looking for in a font manager. The newest version probably has even better features now.
-Steve
I forgot to mention that FontExpert gives you the ability to activate fonts permanently or just for that session, so the next reboot uninstalls the fonts you don't need anymore. A nice feature that I haven't seen in some of the free managers.
-Steve
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