#CD FONTS
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I have a TrueType question! First, I can't tell you how overjoyed I was to
see all those great fonts in TT format! A thousand thanks! I'm giddy at
the prospect of finally replacing all my ATM fonts and ditching ATM. This
brings us to my question. I read somewhere that it was possible in the old
CD to edit CORELDRW.INI and change the WFN font names from the Corel names
to the better-known trademarked names (Gatineau to Garamond, etc.). Now,
I've been collecting TrueType fonts for awhile, and CD3.0 replaces
virtually every one, which is fine since many of my TT fonts are converted
Adobe or Macintosh fonts and are unstable. However, being named
differently, the CD fonts simply reside NEXT TO the identical TT fonts
instead of replacing them.
I figure there's no harm in editing my INI files to make the CD fonts take
over and replace my older fonts (in ways that my other apps, Pagemaker,
etc., will acknowlege), much as it could be done with the old WFN fonts.
Basically all I'm asking is; do you see any problem with this before I
start changing anything?
Thanks!
– Ken –
Ken,
I'm looking into this. Will let you know.
Donna
Ken, I spoke to our "font expert" about your question (because things
aren't as simple as they used to be :-)). Here's what he had to say:
"There are three scenarios to consider here:
1- The customer is using WFNs (custom, converted, or Corel)
2- The customer is using True Type
3- The customer is using Type 1's.
CorelDRAW 3.0 handles WFN's similarily to the way previous versions did
with the name that appears in the Fonts listbox being able to be modified
by editing the coreldrw.ini file [CorelDRWFonts] – note that you would also
have to update the [Corel20FontMap] section if you were opening old files
that referenced these fonts.
True Type and Type 1 fonts are handled by their respective font engines
(Windows and ATM). Any name changes would have to done on their end (I
don't think it's possible). The name that shows up in the Fonts listbox is
the name that we are passed from ATM, or whatever, and we have no way of
modifying it. You could use the export filters from within DRAW!
(EXPAT1.DLL and EXPTTF.DLL) to open and modify each font file permanently,
but this would be a very long and tedious task (you would probably have to
remove and re-install each one after doing
this)."
Ken, maybe you'll just want to outright *remove* the old, unstable fonts
you have gotten from other sources.
Donna
<Ken, maybe you'll just want to outright *remove* the old, unstable fonts
you have gotten from other sources.>
That's exactly what I hope to do. My concern was this: I have numerous
documents (PageMaker, etc.) that use the trademarked-named fonts, use Eras
for example. Now, -I- know that Corel's "Erie" is the same thing, but will
PageMaker, et.al.? I was kinda hoping not to have to reopen every document
I've created and re-compose them in Corel-name fonts. Of course, I also
want the moon with a fence around it and egg in my beer! 🙂
Thanks for your quick response, Donna!
– Ken –
Ken,
>I have numerous documents (PageMaker, etc.) that use the
>trademarked-named fonts, use Eras for example. Now, -I- know that
>Corel's "Erie" is the same thing, but will PageMaker, et.al.?
You probably already read Bob's message which mentioned about using Font
Alias/Font Substitution in ATM.INI and WIN.INI. This seems like a sensible
route to follow, especially the Font Substitution in the WIN.INI.
Donna
The Zenith forum has a utility, RENAMETT, that does a decent job of
changing the name inside a TTF. – Sandy G
Thanks for that info Sandy.
Donna
Donna,
I don't know what the limits might be, but ATM.INI contains an ALIAS
section that might serve your needs. Similarly, WIN.INI contains a
FONTSUBSTITUTION section.
If you get more information on solving you font naming problem, pleas post
it here.
–Bob