tobi99 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Hello, I have the problem that .otf fonts installed with the FontExpert (from Proxima Software) font-manager are no longer available in ALL affinity products after installing the font and restarting the pc twice (see screen). The fonts are available in ALL other applications such as Photoshop or MS word …. (???) Does anyone have any idea why this might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 In the Tools menu FontExpert has a Detect Font Problems tool. What does it show for those particular fonts? FontExpert can just Activate fonts temporarily or Install permanently. It also has a plug-in for Adobe to automatically activate fonts found in a document. So that could be activating the un-installed fonts. Not sure why they would appear on Word (unless it was because the Adobe plug-in activated the fonts). Do the fonts appear in the Windows Font Manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobi99 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Hey, thank you for the tips - here are the answers to your questions: „In the Tools menu FontExpert has a Detect Font Problems tool. What does it show for those particular fonts?“ --> NO ERRORS „FontExpert can just Activate fonts temporarily or Install permanently.“ --> Yes I know. I installed the fonts permanent. „It also has a plug-in for Adobe to automatically activate fonts found in a document. So that could be activating the un-installed fonts.“ --> I tested it, but the fonts are available correctly in Adobe Illustrator, Indesign and Photoshop. Not sure why they would appear on Word (unless it was because the Adobe plug-in activated the fonts). --> Only in affinity designer, photo and publisher the .otf fonts are not correctly available. in all other programs the fonts are displayed correctly. Do the fonts appear in the Windows Font Manager? --> Yes, the fonts appear in the Windows Font Manager It is really crazy and I cannot explain it ... after installing an .orf font with FontExpert - first the font is normally available in affinity products then after restarting the PC it is also available in all affinity products ... but then after the second restart the font is no longer available, but it is only there in the affity applications in all other programs the .orf fonts are available. ???????? I'm grateful for every idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I think I know what the issue is ... When installing fonts using FontExpert, by default the font files are left where they are located (not copied to the Fonts folder). Upon re-start I think that APub is not seeing the fonts which are not located in the standard Windows Font folder(s). Try this: - Un-install the fonts in FontExpert - Right-click to re-install the fonts and select the second Install item (the one with the checkmark next to it). - This will display a dialog - check the box "Copy files to system fonts folder" - Then click the Install button That will install the fonts into the Windows Fonts folder. Test to see if that survives a re-start. My guess is that will fix your issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobi99 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 282/5000 Hello and thanks for the proposed solution. Yes, that's how it works ... but corresponds to copying the font into the Windows font folder. Then in the end I don't need a Fontamanger ... but that's exactly what I want. I want to manage my fonts with FontXpert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 1 hour ago, tobi99 said: I want to manage my fonts with FontXpert. You can still install and un-install fonts with FontExpert ... ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobi99 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Hello, sorry - I think I was wrong. I can install and uninstall fonts with the Font Manager "FontExpert". However, the fonts installed in this way are no longer available in the Affinity products after a double restart. And only in the affinity products ... the fonts are available in all other applications. If I move fonts in the Windows fonts folder, these are also permanently available in the affinity products. But I would like to install the fonts with the fontmanager "FontExpert" and uninstall it again if necessary. I hope I have made myself clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 3 hours ago, tobi99 said: But I would like to install the fonts with the fontmanager "FontExpert" and uninstall it again if necessary. That is what I meant above - you should be able to do this with FontExpert (I can). I installed fonts with FontExpert and checked the box "Copy files to system fonts folder" Then I un-installed the fonts using FontExpert (and the font files were removed from the Fonts folder as expected). The original font files which I installed are still located in the original location. So I do not understand the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobi99 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 The problem with this way is when i go to install and move the font to the system font folder the font is not noticed as installed and i can no longer have the possibility to uninstall it via fontexpert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenmcd Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Odd. I do not have that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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