Font Management Essential Training

Take control of your fonts. Find out how to organize, purchase, install, and manage fonts on Mac and Windows.

Introduction

• Take control of your fonts
• How to use the exercise files

1. Understanding the Different Types of Fonts

• What is a font?
• Understanding TrueType fonts
• Understanding PostScript fonts
• Understanding OpenType fonts
• Understanding dfonts
• Understanding web fonts
• Understanding SVG fonts
• Understanding variable fonts

2. Sources for Fonts

• Understanding operating system default fonts
• Understanding software-installed fonts
• Finding free fonts
• Purchasing fonts from foundries
• Subscribing to font libraries
• Creating custom fonts

3. Fixing Font Problems

• Understanding font conflicts
• Replacing the font cache
• Converting fonts to different forms with TransType Pro
• Checking the font version
• Solving problems with zero-byte fonts
• Fixing font problems with Smasher
• Fixing font problems with FontDoctor

4. Manual Font Management on a Mac

• Understanding the Mac font folder hierarchy
• Avoiding problems with Mac system fonts
• Understanding Adobe application font folders
• Understanding Microsoft Office fonts
• Activating and deactivating fonts
• Removing unnecessary fonts
• Solving conflicts with Helvetica
• Best practices for manual font organization on a Mac

5. Manual Font Management in Windows 8

• Understanding the Windows Fonts Control Panel
• Understanding the Adobe application font folders
• Understanding Microsoft Office fonts
• Activating and deactivating fonts
• Removing unnecessary fonts
• Best practices for manual font organization in Windows

6. Using Font Book (Mac)

• Understanding the Font Book interface
• Previewing and installing fonts
• Enabling and disabling fonts
• Organizing collections of fonts
• Validating fonts
• Exporting font collections
• Printing font samples

7. Using Font Management Software

• Understanding the benefits of font management software
• How to choose a font management solution

8. Using Suitcase Fusion

• Understanding the Suitcase Fusion interface
• Adding fonts
• Organizing fonts with sets
• Sharing font libraries with TypeSync
• Using Smart Searches
• Finding fonts
• Activating and deactivating fonts
• Using QuickMatch to find similar fonts
• Using font auto-activation
• Previewing and printing fonts
• Backing up a font vault
• Manage fonts on mobile devices

9. Work with Fonts

• Avoiding problems with faux bold and italic
• Managing and packaging fonts in InDesign
• Managing and packaging fonts in Illustrator
• Using fonts in Mac system applications
• Using fonts in Windows 10 system applications
• Font considerations for digital documents

10. Additional Font Resources

• Identifying fonts
• Find sources of typographic inspiration
• Get answers to font questions
• Websites for creating fonts
• Create fonts on the iPad
• Create fonts in InDesign

Conclusion

• Next steps