FW: ACTIVATING FONTS

[Michael Zaichenko]

From: biozaichenko at hotmail.comTo: isaacs at adobe.comSubject: RE: ACTIVATING FONTSDate: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:45:09 +0200


Dear Dov,thanks for such an extensive answer. I had no idea. What handles it so far is de-activating, activating a set. Then it gets picked up by Frame too. I probably will set it up so when i add font it is not activated and then click activate and all will be good. Do you think its a good idea to go with extensis or is ATM a prefered font manager? Michael

> From: isaacs at adobe.com> To: biozaichenko at hotmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:06:57 -0700> Subject: RE: ACTIVATING FONTS> > Michael,> > Contrary to what you may believe, FrameMaker has no "autoactivation"> option it it. Like other Windows applications, when a font is added to> the system, via Windows' standard "Add Fonts" control panel option or> via ATM (or for that matter any font manager that properly interfaces> with Windows), Windows' underlying font system sends a message to all> open applications advising of a change in the font system. An application> may then choose to query the system for all available fonts (font enumeration).> > If adding a font via Extensis Suitcase does not properly get notification> to applications about the change in the available fonts, it is likely an> issue with Suitcase.> > By the way, you are misusing the term "autoactivation." The term> "autoactivation" would refer to the scenario whereby your document (in this> case, a FrameMaker document) refers to a font that isn't currently installed> on your system. "Autoactivation" would cause the font manager to look for> the desired font in its own private collection of available, but not installed> fonts, and if such a font was available, automatically and immediately install> that font on the system and advise the application of its availability.> > For better or worse, such an "autoactivation" capability normally requires> "cooperation" (i.e., a programming interface) with the application programs> that could make use of same. Neither FrameMaker nor ATM support any> "autoactivation" mechanism.> > - Dov> > > -----Original Message-----> > From: Michael Zaichenko> > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 11:20 AM> >> > Hello Framers,> > Been using ATM for years. FrameMaker has this autoactivation option in it which is only compatible> > with ATM. I.e. when you install a font - it gets picked up by FrameMaker instantly. I'm trying> > Extensis Suitcase now and noticed that unless I restart FrameMaker - the fonts wouldn't show up and no> > messages would pop up that the new fonts are installed. ATM is all good when one is using a stable set> > of fonts. But what if I'm having about 20 differently mapped fonts and depending on a language I would> > just install the fonts for that language. Fonts are with the same names. In this wise I don't have to> > make changes in the template documents. ATM only allows 1 version of a font (plus adds a confusion if> > you install true type and type1 version of the same font). I'm trying to swap over to Suitcase but> > then there is this bug with not activating fonts immediately (besides that it can't export/import> > set).> >> > Does anyone know how to go about it?> >> > Michael

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