The Fonts list area offers you detail regarding the fonts used in the document. There are 5 icons at the top left of the list which can be used at a glance to obtain instant information and are defined as follows:
Font Status Icons
• The “System” icon informs you that the font is currently active. Note that an underlined font name will also indicate that the font is active.
• The “suitcase” icon means the font is not currently active, but can at least be found in the Fonts Database.
• The “font file” icon means the suitcase file in which the font resides can be located. A red icon will indicate the suitcase file cannot be found.
• The “printer font file” icon means the font’s printer file is locatable and will appear in red if the file is missing. A “-” dash character indicates the printer font will not be required for printing (for TrueType® fonts).
• The “document” icon informs you that the font is being used somewhere in a text story within the document.
• The “paint” icon informs you that the font is referenced in an EPSF image. Click and hold down the button on this icon to view a list of the images.
Font Name
This column will display the name of the font. If a name is displayed in red then this indicates FLIGHTCHECK® has detected some sort of problem.
Printer Font Filename
This column will display the printer font filename. A red name means the file cannot be located. Printing a document when a printer font file is missing will usually result in a completely unwanted or unexpected printout as the font will most likely be substituted.
Font Style
The Style column will inform you if a style has been applied to the font. Some fonts have built-in styled versions, which usually print ok, but in other cases where the font has no equivalent style, FLIGHTCHECK® may consider a “menu-styled” font to be an “error”.
Font Type/Version/Manufacturer
These columns will inform you of the font’s Type, such as Type 1, True-Type®, Multiple Masters (“MM”), etc., as well as the font’s version number (if known) and the name of the manufacturer of the font (if known).
Font Info Window
You can double-click a font name on the list to view additional information regarding that particular font. Note that when the Font Info dialog is on the screen you can simply single-click another font on the list to view its info.
Use Fonts Database
The “Use Fonts Database” checkbox instructs FLIGHTCHECK® to look into the Fonts Database for a font whenever it appears to be missing or is not currently active at the time of the examination.
