Suitcase Fusion 3 User Guide for Mac OS - Extensis

Creating Sets while Adding Fonts
You can create sets while adding fonts. This helps you retain any current organization you have for fonts, such
as folders for individual clients or projects.
To create sets while adding fonts, do one of the following:
• Choose File > Add Fonts, or press Command-L. Use the Choose fonts to add to library dialog to locate
and select a folder of fonts, then click Add. A set is automatically created from the folder you select.
• Select folders on the desktop that contain fonts. Drag the folders onto a library in the Libraries pane of
Suitcase Fusion. You can also drag the folder to an existing set to create a nested set.
NOTE
Suitcase Fusion lets you create nested sets (sets within sets), but it does not automatically create them as you
add folders of fonts. All the fonts within a folder will become a single set even if many folders of fonts are nested
within the first folder. If you need to add nested folders as individual sets, select those folders and add them
independently.
For example, say you have a folder on your desktop called Magazine Articles that contains three folders: Editor’s
Letter, Features, and Departments. The folders contain the documents and fonts for each article. If you drag
Magazine Articles into the Libraries pane, Suitcase Fusion will add the fonts from all three folders and create a
single set called Magazine Articles. If, what you want is a set for each of the three folders, you need to drag the
three folders for Editor’s Letter, Features, and Departments into the Libraries pane to create sets for those
folders. Then create an empty set called Magazine Articles, and move the other sets into the Magazine Articles
set.
Creating Application Sets
An Application Set is a set of fonts that will be activated temporarily when you launch an application.
NOTE
You should not use Application Sets for applications that have an auto-activation plug-in. The plug-in uses
Extensis Font Sense technology to ensure that the precise font used in a document will be activated, whereas
the Application Set cannot override a font with the same name that is already active.
To create an Application Set, do one of the following:
• Choose File > New Application Set, then select the desired application.
• Select an existing static set and choose File > Convert to Application Set.
Once you have created an application set, use the standard methods to add and remove fonts from the set.
Preventing Duplicate Fonts and Sets
Although Suitcase Fusion allows you to give sets the same name, and it allows you to place fonts with the same
name in a single set, doing so can cause confusion. We recommend that you give sets unique names and avoid
placing fonts with the same name in the same set (for example, two Helveticas from different foundries).
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