Apple's "Font Book" and Creator

[Steve Mills]

On Aug 8, 2008, at 21:04:27, William F. Brabenec wrote:

> I'm using OS 10.4.11 on a G-4 computer running Creator Pro 7.0.4.  
> How do I point Creator to a custom folder of fonts in Tiger's Font  
> Book so that it uses that collection instead of the font list it's  
> currently accessing?
>
> I have no idea where the current font collection being used by  
> Creator resides on the hard drive -- it's not in Apple's Font Book.
>
> In the Font Book menu there is the option to designate which font  
> collection is first choice:  "All Fonts"  "User"  "Computer"   
> "Classic Mac OS"  or my custom folder, "My Fonts". I selected "My  
> Fonts" but Creator still uses the old list.


Creator uses which ever fonts you currently have enabled in Font Book.  
I also believe that you misunderstand how Font Book works. Collections  
are just a way of organizing groups of fonts. Like you can add all  
handwriting fonts to a collection and all serif fonts to another. The  
first 4 collections (All Fonts, User, Computer, Classic Mac OS) show  
you which fonts are in which folder on disk. User fonts come from your  
home folder (/Users/yourname/Library/Fonts). Computer fonts come from / 
System/Library/Fonts and /Library/Fonts. Classic Mac OS fonts come  
from /System Folder/Fonts *if* you you have OS9 installed. Simply  
selecting those collections in the list does not "designate which font  
collection is first choice", and I'm not sure what you mean by "first  
choice".

I'd also suggest upgrading Creator to 7.0.6, just because it's best to  
user the most current version of that release. (Or buy 8.0.2.)

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