Suitcase Fusion 3 User Guide for Mac OS - Extensis
Suitcase Fusion 3 User Guide for Mac OS - Extensis
Suitcase Fusion 3 User Guide for Mac OS - Extensis
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Font Vault benefits<br />
The Font Vault has many benefits, including:<br />
• <strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong> does not allow true duplicate fonts into the Vault. This makes managing your fonts much<br />
easier and minimizes storage needs.<br />
• The Vault is secure, so you can’t accidentally delete an important font file.<br />
• Fonts are automatically separated into font faces, so you only activate the font faces you need.<br />
• With your font files stored in the Vault you can easily manage these files with <strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong> including:<br />
adding fonts, deleting font, copying (collecting) fonts, previewing fonts, and of course, activating fonts.<br />
• The Vault can be backed up to a remote location, and restored in case of emergency.<br />
If you currently organize your fonts with folders on disk, upgrading to the Font Vault gives you access to all of<br />
the organizational features of <strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong>. You no longer need to manually move font files from one folder to<br />
another. In addition, <strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong> provides excellent organization automatically when collecting files <strong>for</strong><br />
output. Collected fonts are logically organized into families, and can even be further organized by sets that<br />
you’ve created.<br />
For complete font security and reliability, <strong>Extensis</strong> recommends using the Vault.<br />
Using the Font Vault<br />
To tell <strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong> to add fonts to the Font Vault:<br />
1. Choose <strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong> 3 > Preferences.<br />
2. In the Preferences dialog, enable the Copy added fonts to the vault option. (When you first install<br />
<strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong>, this option is enabled by default.)<br />
NOTE<br />
You should always maintain a backup containing your original font files, and backup the Font Vault on a regular<br />
basis.<br />
Adding Fonts in Place<br />
If you prefer to manage your font files yourself, <strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong> allows you to leave your font files in place, and<br />
still manage them through a single point of access. You may want to add fonts in place if you are only going to<br />
add them to your font collection temporarily and don’t need extra fonts cluttering up your database.<br />
<strong>Extensis</strong> highly recommends that you use the Font Vault to store the majority of your fonts. You can combine the<br />
use of the Vault with leaving fonts in place based upon your specific needs and configurations. To do so, change<br />
your Vault preferences be<strong>for</strong>e adding fonts.<br />
To tell <strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong> to leave fonts in place:<br />
1. Choose <strong>Suitcase</strong> <strong>Fusion</strong> 3 > Preferences.<br />
2. In the Preferences dialog box, choose the Add fonts leaving them in place option. This tells <strong>Suitcase</strong><br />
<strong>Fusion</strong> to active and deactivate the font from its current location.<br />
When your vault preference is set to automatically add fonts to the font vault, you can add fonts in place by<br />
holding down the Option key and dragging fonts or folders from the <strong>Mac</strong>intosh Finder and dropping them into<br />
the Fonts or Sets pane.<br />
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