Check for duplicate fonts and manage them appropriately.įor more information use our Font Management Best Practices guide available from Connect Fonts Support.For fonts with the same name, activate only one at a time.Similar to the duplicate font issue, if a font with the same name is activated a font will activate for a brief moment and then deactivate since the system font is already active (and locked). Trying to activate more than one of these fonts at a time will result in the other also being deactivated.įonts located in the system font folder are typically active by default. In the example below you can see several fonts that share the same name (but differ by Type). This is typically caused by fonts being activated that share the same name This happens in all versions of Connect Fonts and Suitcase Fusion and on all supported version of macOS and Windows. I guess font management continues to be a mess on the Mac.When trying to activate font(s) in Connect Fonts or Suitcase Fusion, they may activate for a brief moment or not activate at all. System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/amework/Versions/A/Resources/Content/Fonts/Proxima Nova Bold.ttfĪgain I have no clue why it's there, but it's both on my MacBookPro and on my freshly installed MacPro. I have also found ANOTHER copy of Proxima Nova: I can only speculate why this is the case but I'm pretty sure that's the reason why my extra copy of Proxima Nova activated by Suitcase Fusion (or even FontBook for that matter) might clash and cause the troubles I've been describing. There are also a bunch of other fonts there, which are not seen by Font Book, Suitcase Fusion or ANY other App other than FinalCutProX. It's a bit like the arguing that no one needs FinalCutProX, because there's iMovie, which can also edit.įinalCutProX does have its own fonts INSIDE it's application bundle(!):įinal Cut Pro (right-click and Open Bundle) /Contents/Frameworks/amework/Versions/A/Resources/Fonts/Proxima Nova.ttc If you only dabble in typography or use standard fonts and maybe a few extra, something basic like Fontbook might do the trick, it does not an my company. Suitcase Fusion also auto-activates fonts so that not all fonts need to be loaded at all times, which saves RAM and resources on the machine. 1) A Duplicate Font exists and is active. This happens in all versions of Suitcase Fusion and with all supported version of macOS and Windows. I have likely found the culprit and it is not Suitcase Fusion nor is it a bad font it's FinalCutProX itself!Ī little explainer why something Suitcase Futon is necessary: We have the need to properly archive and share a great number of fonts we get from clients and/or license for them across machines (some of which use FinalCutProX, some ADOBE or other creative software packages), keep the up to date and organise them by client, job and version. When trying to activate font(s) in Suitcase Fusion, they will activate for a brief moment or not activate at all. I am utterly confused now.Ī little update on my Proxima-Nova-font-front. I used Suitcase Fusion's "clean font cache" feature and rebooted the machine - Proxima Nova ist still available in FinalCutProX. FinalCutProX must have an internal font cache somewhere and there is a corrupted version of Proxima in there - hence my problems. I created a new Library, but still "Proxima Nova" was available to me in FinalCutProX,even though it was deactivated. I restarted FinalCutProX, but it could still see "Proxima Nova" and yes: I did not look at rendered Titles but could still edit them in a font that theoretically was not installed anymore. FinalCutProX still sees "Proxima Nova" even though EVERY OTHER APP on the machine does not see it anymore. To rule out "Suitcase", I moved Proxima out of Suitcase to the desktop, so wether Suitcase nor Font Book sees the font. Solution Typically, this is noticed when duplicate fonts are activated at the same time as fonts in your system folder. So If "Proxima Nova" is activated out of Suitcase, Font Book does not see it. But it seems to be everytime I open a document that uses fonts that I selected in my Suitcase Fusion (21.1.1) but clearly are also available in Adobe Fonts. Suitcase Fusion can activate fonts out of it's own repository when needed, and can synch fonts across machines - which is what we use it for here at the facility. Suitcase Fusion allows fonts to be added in.I have FontBook installed of course, but it only "sees" fonts that are installed at one of the three default locations (~user/Library/fonts, /library/fonts and /system/library/fonts. Remove any previously installed auto-activation plug-ins.
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