In order to be able to examine and verify various fonts, as well as being able to later collect them, and considering the fact that not every font referenced by the document may be active in the System at the time, FLIGHTCHECK® offers a valuable feature called the “Fonts Database”.
Select “Fonts Database” from the FlightCheck® menu, or press command-D, and the Fonts Database dialog will appear.
Fonts Folders
The Fonts Database works by allowing you to inform FLIGHTCHECK® of the locations of the various folders containing your font files. A Fonts Folder can be added to the list by clicking the “Add Folder” button and a dialog will appear asking you to select the desired folder. At this time you may also elect to ask FLIGHTCHECK® to include all nested folders contained within the chosen parent folder.
To remove a folder, select it on the list and click on the Remove Folder button.
Active Fonts
The Active Fonts radio button allows you to display a list of the fonts which are currently active in your System. This list will be comprised of those fonts which reside either in the Fonts folder of the System folder, or have been activated via other utilities such as ATM 4.0 Deluxe®, SuitCase® or Master Juggler®.
All Fonts
The All Fonts radio button can be selected to alternatively view the list of all fonts contained in your Fonts Database.
Screen Fonts
On the left portion of the Fonts Database window will be the list of screen fonts which consists of the names of fonts as you would see them if you were inside your application working on the document. An underlined name indicates the font is currently active.
When you click on a screen font name, its associated Font Suitcase on the right portion of the screen will likewise become highlighted. Note that you may type in a partial name for a font in order to find and select it on the list.
Font Suitcases
On the right portion of the Fonts Database window will be a list of the Font Suitcase files in which the fonts reside on the disk. Click on the arrow to the left of a suitcase name to “open” the suitcase and reveal the fonts contained within, along with the names of their respective printer font files.
To remove a suitcase (provided it contains no active fonts), select it on the list and click on the Remove Suitcase button.
Style
This column will display the respective style for the given font.
Printer Font Files
When a font suitcase item is “open” and its contents are revealed, the font’s printer file name will also be displayed. A red icon indicates the file cannot be found, while a “-” dash will mean the printer font file will not be required for printing (for TrueType® fonts).
