![]() You can add your own tags at your leisure. These tags let you add fonts to your workflow so that you can search for them immediately. ![]() You can click the Edit button to add or remove your own tags that you and others on your team can use to search for fonts.įont Sense Smart Tags: Smart tags are automatically assigned to fonts when you add them to a library. You can add as many tags as you want to a font. You can add tags to fonts that denote a project name, client, owner, or even a description that you feel more accurately describes the font. Tags: A word or phrase assigned to a font to describe it, link it to other fonts, and make it easier to locate using search tools. Libraries List: This shows all the libraries that include this font. ![]() Having the foundry name may help you track down other information about the font, such as updates, or family and extended family availability. Connect Fonts extracts this information from the font’s metadata, typically the copyright notice or vendor ID. The Font Sense ID is more accurate than the PostScript name at identifying the exact fonts in use.įoundry: A company that creates or distributes fonts (or both). Extensis plug-ins add this information to a document’s metadata for each font used in the document. Extensis derives this value from information in the font itself. This means you can keep a specific version for a client or for documents that you don’t have time to update immediately.įont Sense ID: Font Sense ID is a number that is unique to each font. Often you have to accept it on faith that the newer version is somehow better than the previous version.Ĭonnect Fonts lets you keep several font versions and differentiates them using Font Sense. Sometimes a font download includes release notes, and sometimes the foundry’s website will tell you what has changed. A major version change indicates some significant change to the font. A minor version may indicate the addition of a glyph or minor corrections to glyphs, hinting, or some other aspect of the font. A font may have a new version released for many reasons. Version:This is the version number of the font. OpenType fonts are modern and robust, whereas most software and font developers are phasing out support for PostScript fonts. Don’t confuse OpenType - PS with PostScript (aka Type 1) fonts. You will also see TrueType fonts, and possibly PostScript. The most common types are OpenType - PS and OpenType - TT. Type: This describes the format of the font file. Common classes are serif, sans serif, script, and ornamental. The classification (or class) indicates specific design attributes of the font. Style: Differences in appearance, such as Bold or Condensed, that differentiate this particular font from others in the same family.Ĭlassification: A way of categorizing fonts. This name is typically stored in a document so the interpreter knows which fonts to use.įamily: The group of similar fonts that share a common design but vary in style, weight, or width. PostScript Name: This is the name that a PostScript interpreter (a printer or application) would use to identify a font. Name:The full name of the font (What it’s mother calls it by when she is angry). Use the three buttons at the top right of the Info pane to change the font’s activation. Click the Info button in any font tile to see detailed information about that font.Ĭlick the star at the top left to change the font’s Favorite status.
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