CS3 Postscript fonts not visible when...

CS3 Postscript fonts not visible when Installed with Suitcase 11.0 on Vista Ultimate 64bit.



Truetype and Opentype work fine. I have searched through all the forums here multiple times, but not found a solution. The only workaround I found was to manually put the font files in c:/ProgramFiles(x86)/CommonFiles/Adobe/Fonts.



When I put any font files in that folder, they show up in CS3 for use, but not in windows apps. I thought I would make a permanent work around by placing all of my uninstalled font files in that folder, then use suitcase to install them from there. That didn't work because EVERY font in that folder is available to CS3 and turned on. Do they get installed when you put them in there?? It didn't seem like they were installed, and windows apps didn't see them.



These are workarounds anyway. My main goal is to have suitcase work so I can organize my fonts efficiently. Extensis blames the font and CS3. I have read that there are adobe issues with other font management software as well as suitcase. Any help would be appreciated.
CS3 Postscript fonts not visible when...
Yup...most of my Type 1s have TT versions and that's been my workaround.



I don't know if it's a Windows issue or an Adobe issue. And since I

killed all of my Type 1s I can't even tell you if the problem shows up

in CS4.



Bob
CS3 Postscript fonts not visible when...
Thanks Bob. What do you think is the best font type? Open Type?



I have always been under the impression that Type 1 fonts were better than TT fonts. I do have many of the same on both types so that's good. What about a font conversion tool? Is there a good one that can change my type 1's into OT or TT?



Thanks.

%26gt; I have always been under the impression that Type 1 fonts were better than TT fonts.



Age old myth that doesn't seem to want to die.



But yes, opentype is the way to go.



Bob

On behalf of Adobe ...



(1) There is nothing superior about Type 1 fonts over TrueType or vice versa. Anyone who tells you otherwise just doesn't know what they are talking about and is likely a refugee from the font wars of the early 1990s, grossly uninformed, a snob, or some combination of these.



(2) If you are licensing fonts now, it is most prudent to license OpenType fonts (whether Type 1 or TrueType flavoured) primarily due to their ability to be used compatibly across platforms as well as their ability to support advanced text layout features and extended character sets.



(3) Font conversion tools are at best an iffy proposition. Such conversions are a lossy operation that may yield font quality degradation and/or changes in the font metrics.



(4) If a Type 1 font works without a problem under Windows with Adobe applications, but fails with a third party font manager, I think you have sufficient evidence that there is an issue with the third party font manager.



- Dov

Dov,



I don't know where this problem lies, but I don't think it's with the

font manager since I've seen this same behavior with Type 1 fonts on

Vista64 without a font manager.



Because I have the TT versions I just installed them instead and I

haven't pursued it since CS4 came out.



Bob

There was such a problem with InDesign 5 that was fixed with the released version of InDesign 6. Just tested it.



- Dov

Thanks for the update. Was that an ID on Vista64 only issue?



Bob

Thank you both for your input. I will work around and try to find replacements in the meantime.



I do have to say that there IS a benefit to Truetype over Type 1 fonts... they will work as is right now, at least in my case.



Thanks again.