Suitcase Fusion 3 User Guide for Mac OS - Extensis

Understanding Family Groupings
When Suitcase Fusion groups fonts into a family, it uses the following criteria:
• Name: Fonts with the same family name.
• Foundry: Fonts are from the same foundry. Therefore, a Bauhaus font from Bitstream will be placed in a
different family than a Bauhaus font from Monotype.
• Type: Fonts are the same type. Therefore, a PostScript Helvetica font will be placed in a different family
from a TrueType Helvetica font.
These criteria often produce multiple families with the same name, such as a TrueType Times from Apple and
PostScript Times from Adobe. To tell the difference between families, look at the Type and Foundry columns. In
addition, if the current library has two different versions of a font with the same name, foundry, and kind, they will
be placed in the same family. For example, you might have two different versions of Garamond-Book in the
Garamond family.
Regrouping Font Families
If the way Suitcase Fusion creates typeface family groupings is not helpful, you can move fonts into other
families and rename font families. For example, some foundries such as Letraset name each instance of a font
individually, so there is no family name for Suitcase Fusion to use.
NOTE: Moving fonts to another family affects the fonts in all libraries.
To move fonts to other families:
1. Choose View > Group Fonts by Family, or press Command-E.
2. Open a family containing fonts you want to move.
3. Select the fonts you want to move.
4. Drag the selected fonts to the new family.
5. To rename a font family, click its name and type a new name.
To revert fonts to the default families:
1. Select a font or family.
2. Choose Edit > Restore Families.
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