This chapter provides detailed information to select the destination for the new and existing fonts. Read this section at least once!
 
 
ΓÇó Save On Pop up
Select the volume(s) to save the new fonts on. If you are saving the fonts on multiple volumes, make sure each font is properly registered. Fonts are not freeware.
ΓÇó Move fonts to the System folder
Use this option if you prefer to keep all your fonts in the Fonts folder in the System folder. All the ΓÇÿcleanΓÇÖ fonts will be created in your existing Fonts folder.
DonΓÇÖt select this option if you use Font Management software to open and close fonts. If unchecked, all the ΓÇÿcleanΓÇÖ fonts are created in the Font Box folder. If multiple destination volumes are selected, the fonts are only copied to volumes with System Folders.
ΓÇó DonΓÇÖt move fonts to the Nonessential Fonts folder
As a precaution, Font Box moves all your existing fonts to the Nonessential Fonts folder. This option leaves all your existing fonts exactly where they are. The Font Box folder is still created with all your ΓÇÿcleanΓÇÖ fonts. Use this option if you have many, complicated Font sets that are opened with Font Management software and you donΓÇÖt want to re-create the sets right now.
ΓÇó Move Nonessential fonts to the Trash
Click this option if youΓÇÖre sure that you wonΓÇÖt need any of your existing fonts. The Nonessential fonts are moved to the Trash for you to empty at your convenience. Be sure to read ΓÇÿinstalling custom fontsΓÇÖ below before selecting this option.
ΓÇó Make sure System fonts are in the Fonts folder
This one gets a little complicated. The Macintosh System software installs nine fonts (Chicago, Courier, Geneva, Helvetica, Monaco, New York, Palatino, Symbol, and Times) in the Fonts folder in the System folder which are opened when the Mac is booted. If you move a font to another folder and re-install the System software, you are left with a duplicate font conflict. Also, many programs rely on these fonts to display properly.
If you have these fonts installed, this option will move them to the Fonts folder in the System folder. If you are missing Chicago, Geneva, or Monaco, Font Box will create them in the Fonts folder.
ΓÇó Save Pop up
This option is only available in the Preferred and Professional Editions.
Select how you would like your font library organized:
- one folder. All the clean fonts are created in the Font Box folder. You should select this option if you are moving fonts to the System Folder, but don't check it if you have many (over 300 ) fonts.
- alphabetically. Puts all the fonts which begin with the same letter in the appropriate folder.
- by Parent folder. Creates a new folder with the same name as an existing folder which contains fonts. The fonts that are currently in the original folder are created in the Font Box folder.
- by location. Creates the new fonts in the same location as the fonts currently exist.
ΓÇó Master Pop up
If you're analyzing multiple volumes and saving by Parent folder, this pop up appears to select the volume to use to resolve conflicts.
ΓÇó add t1 or tt to file names
Select this option if you want Font Box to append a ΓÇÿ.t1ΓÇÖ suffix to Type 1 fonts and a ΓÇÿ.ttΓÇÖ suffix to True Type fonts for easy identification.
The Continue button starts the analysis. If you are not registered, a dialog box opens with a count of all the problems. If you are registered, a dialog box opens to Quit the open applications.
ΓÇó Force Quit open applications
A dialog box opens asking if you want to Force Quit any running applications. As a precaution, Font Box Quits the Finder also. Click the Force Quit button if you want to quit other applications or the Cancel button to proceed. We highly recommend that you choose Force Quit. You must choose Force Quit if you select an option which affects the System Folder.
ΓÇó restart
After completion, a dialog box asks if you would like to Restart your computer. The Restart button initiates a Restart and the Cancel button returns you to Font Box. After you Quit Font Box, the Finder will automatically launch. We suggest you select the Restart option.
 
If you use Font Management software (such as Suitcase, MasterJuggler, or CarpetBag) or you received an error of too many suitcases in the Fonts folder while moving Font Box fonts to the System folder, then you need to take one last step.
ΓÇó font management software users (Suitcase II, MasterJuggler, CarpetBag, etc.)
If you open the Font Box folder, youΓÇÖll notice that each suitcase contains only one font family. This is done to make it easier to manage your fonts. You should open your Font Management software and re-configure your font sets. Since there are no duplicate fonts, you can open your font sets without worrying about conflicts.
ΓÇó over 128 suitcases in Font folder
The Fonts Folder in the System folder can open a maximum of 128 suitcases. If you selected ΓÇÿMove fonts to the Fonts folderΓÇÖ and received a message that ΓÇÿthere are too many fontsΓÇÖ, then Font Box created more than 128 suitcases.
You have two choices. The first is to move the fonts into another folder and use font management software to open and close the fonts. The second choice is to consolidate the fonts into less than 128 suitcases by dragging fonts out of one suitcase and into another.
ΓÇó installing ΓÇÿcustomΓÇÖ fonts
Some programs install, and rely on, Bitmapped (screen) fonts without installing the Postscript (printer) fonts. These fonts are considered superfluous by Font Box because they are Bitmapped fonts without Postscript fonts. Therefore, if any programs complain that certain fonts are missing, you can drag them from the Nonessential Fonts folder to the Fonts folder in the System folder or open them with your Font Management software. If you deleted the Nonessential fonts, re-install the program thatΓÇÖs complaining. This should be the only hassle.
