Louis Desjardins wrote: >> I can't seem to find anything out there for managing fonts. Here, I'm >> referring to managers such as Adobe Type Manager or Extensis >> Suitcase. Suggestions? Ideas? > > > The only thing I can think of at the moment is to make use of folders > that will act as suitcases and load them as needed through the Font > Manager dialog > Additionnal Paths ... > Not perfect as you can understand ... but to a certain extent, > manageable ... I think. > I didn't "work" enough with Scribus to simulate real life production > but I find the Additionnal Path to be helpful. > So, basically, you can do the following: > * Throw away garbage fonts. > * Put together a few font folders, sorted according to your needs. > * Activate your fonts before opening any file in Scribus (otherwise, > the Add Path tab will be greyed)
Bart Alberti wrote: > I follow the 'suitcase' approach: folders named 'adobe-ps' > 'corel_draw_ttf' corel_draw_ps' 'manfred_klein' 'hobbes' [BAD!?] and > so forth. Thanks, guys, that will work for a start. If I could write code to save my life, I'd start work on a proper font manager. With Scribus and OpenOffice.org more or less to a professional state, it is high time someone started building the rest of the tools common in a production environment. -- __ Faster than a speeding slug! I'm Paraplegic Racehorse.
