Font Management

[RussU]

Hi Everyone.

I use a font manager called suitcase fusion, so I can have my 5000+ fonts on the machine and switch them on and off at will.

 

I don't usually need to swap font around in VW, but I have a job where I need to. I've installed the font into the suitcase, and switched it on, and it showed in the Adobe products straight away, but not in VW.

No problem, just restart VW and it's in the list... However when it's chosen, the font displayed shows as Arial only.

I am aware that VW only seems to support TrueType fonts and not Opentype, but has anyone ever found a work around?

Exporting a DXF out of illustrator isn't good, as the conversion from Bezier to polyline renders the outlines very poorly.

 

Cheers

 

[Kevin McAllister]

I would check to see if the font has inadvertently been mapped to Arial in VW during one of the times where you started up without it. Go to Vectorworks>Preferences>Display>Edit Font Mappings. If your font is on the list you'll need to delete the mapping. Afterwards it should display properly.

 

Kevin

 

PS. Maybe add your system information to your forum signature. Not sure if you're Mac or PC and it affects where you find the preferences.....