Suitcase Fusion 3 User Guide for Mac OS - Extensis

Font Snapshots
Quickly drag a snapshot of a font preview to the desktop as an image file.
Font Cache Cleaner
Applications that use fonts extensively gain a speed advantage by storing information about fonts that you use.
When one of these font caches becomes corrupt, it can dramatically reduce the performance of your
applications or your computer. Suitcase Fusion 3 knows about the caches used by your operating system and
major design and office applications, and can clean them out on your command.
Upgrading to Suitcase Fusion 3
Upgrading from a previous version of Suitcase Fusion is a fairly simple process.
Preparing your computer for Suitcase Fusion 3
Before you install Suitcase Fusion 3, there are some tasks that you should consider.
1. Remove any previously installed auto-activation plug-ins. Any auto-activation plug-ins from other font
managers, including previous versions of Suitcase and Suitcase Fusion, can conflict with the new plug-ins
in Suitcase Fusion 3.
2. Suitcase Fusion allows fonts to be added in place, and these fonts can be corrupted. You should collect
these fonts from Suitcase Fusion and then use Font Doctor to check and repair any corrupt fonts before
adding them to Suitcase Fusion 3.
3. If you are using a version of Suitcase Fusion prior to Suitcase Fusion 2 to manage your system fonts, you
should un-manage system fonts before importing your database into Suitcase Fusion 3.
In addition, the following are recommended for any environment where font management is critical.
• Clean your font caches. To be certain that the right fonts are being activated, choose File > Clean Font
Caches in Suitcase Fusion 3 to clear your system and application caches. This is good to do in any case.
• Read the Font Management in Mac OS X Best Practices Guide from the Extensis website. This document
contains many helpful hints about cleaning your system font folders and setting up your system for
optimal font usage. http://www.extensis.com/fmbpg
Installing Suitcase Fusion 3
When you install Suitcase Fusion 3, you may want to import all of your old previous Suitcase Fusion data into the
new installation, since this does not happen automatically. This includes all of your fonts, sets and other
information.
When you import data into Suitcase Fusion 3, the following are imported from earlier versions of Suitcase
Fusion:
• All fonts in your Font Vault.
• All references to fonts added in-place.
• Your entire Suitcase Fusion database, including all sets, keywords, custom foundries and classifications.
Because the import process checks all fonts for integrity, if you added any fonts to a previous version of
Suitcase Fusion from removable media, such as DVDs, flash drives, or external hard disks, you will need to have
these available during the import process.
NOTE: Importing will only function properly on data from Suitcase Fusion version 12.1.5 or newer.
If you have multiple users on the same computer, you must perform the Import Fusion Database command to
migrate each user’s data.
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