Suitcase Fusion 3 User Guide for Mac OS - Extensis

Activating Fonts Using Application Sets
An Application Set allows you to specify fonts to be activated when you launch a specific application.
With an Application Set:
• Fonts are activated temporarily; they will not be activated the next time you start your computer.
• If a font with the same name as a font in your Application Set is already active, the font in the set will not
be activated.
• If you create multiple sets for the same application, the order in which fonts are activated for those sets
may differ each time you launch the application.
Suggestions for using Application Sets
• Do not use an Application Set if the application has an auto-activation plug-in. The plug-in is more precise
and will guarantee that the font in your document is activated when you open the document.
• Try to make sure all your fonts have unique names. This will limit or eliminate activation problems.
• Only create one Application Set for each application. Suitcase Fusion doesn’t guarantee the order in
which Application Sets are activated, so font conflicts between sets may be resolved differently at
different times.
Deactivating Fonts
To deactivate a selected font, family, or set:
• Click the Deactivate button on the toolbar.
• Choose File > Deactivate.
• Press Command-K .
• Click the button in the Activation column to the left of a font, family, set or font preview. (You can click in
this column without first selecting fonts.)
Understanding Font Activation
Suitcase Fusion can activate an almost unlimited number of individual font files. As always with a font manager,
the idea is to activate only the fonts you need, when you need them. Keeping hundreds or thousands of fonts
active can impact the performance of your system and your applications.
Determining a Font’s Status
To determine the status of a font, family, or set, check the state of the button in the Activation column to the left
of it.
A blue dot means all the fonts are active temporarily.
A green dot means all the fonts are active permanently.
A hollow dot means some of the fonts in a family or set are active and some are
inactive.
A blue diamond means fonts were automatically activated by a plug-in or globally
activated for selected applications.
A box around the activation icon means that the font was added to Suitcase Fusion
temporarily.
A red dot with a question mark indicates that the font was added in-place, and can
no longer be located by Suitcase Fusion.
Activating Fonts Permanently
When you activate fonts permanently, they activate automatically each time you log on to your computer and
stay active until you log off or shutdown.
Activating Fonts Temporarily
When you activate fonts temporarily, they stay active until you log off your computer.
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