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« on: 2010-09-21, 17:27:58 » |
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Anyone else having problems with PostScript OpenType fonts made from FOG 5 not showing up in the font menu for Word for Mac 2008? This is not a problem if you generate the same font as a TrueType OpenType font. Also, Adobe PostScript OpenType fonts don't have this problem.
If Adobe PS/OT fonts can show on the font menu, then why not PS/OT fonts made from Fontographer 5? I've tried using both the auto name building tools and simply filling out the names manually.
Thanks!
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SOLUTION >>>
I stumbled onto a work-around. I generated a bunch of PS/OT fonts, and then found that some of them were listed on the font menu, but other weren't. I checked the Fontographer files, and found that the fonts that showed on the menu had one name field left completely blank; the fonts that didn't show on the font menu, had that same field filled in. Totally backwards!
In the Font Information dialog box in Advanced mode, in the Names section, the 2nd line is called "Typographic style name." This can be auto-filled by checking the Auto box at right, or it can be manually edited by un-checking the box.
Most of the fonts I generated had this line auto-filled as "Regular." These fonts did not show on the font menu in Word for Mac 2008. However, this same field was left blank on a few fonts, and those fonts showed up on the font menu with no problem.
The work-around? Leave this field blank! I generated both TT/OT and PS/OT fonts with this field blank, and they show on the font menu just fine.
This is also posted in the "Fontographer problems" forum.
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