2018 Installation issues and still hate the library
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:12 pm
1. Having installed 2018 and copied over the old database, it is frustrating that the library does not show which fonts are installed. I can find the info at the windows folder level but not the library. Does it mean I have to reinstall all the fonts yet again just so the library knows they are there?
2. Some years ago FE stopped allowing you to store tags associated with the font files and instead made it mandatory to use the library if you wanted to use tags. OK but the library is so utterly frustrating to use. All I want is to have a view of all my fonts with their associated tags. Yes I can view all fonts in the new fonts view, looking at the store file, but without tags. If I use the library I have first to know if a font is True Type, Open type or some other special type. I don’t care - I just want so browse my fonts! Why can’t you just click "Library" and see everything, moving down to the lower levels if you choose.
2. Some years ago FE stopped allowing you to store tags associated with the font files and instead made it mandatory to use the library if you wanted to use tags. OK but the library is so utterly frustrating to use. All I want is to have a view of all my fonts with their associated tags. Yes I can view all fonts in the new fonts view, looking at the store file, but without tags. If I use the library I have first to know if a font is True Type, Open type or some other special type. I don’t care - I just want so browse my fonts! Why can’t you just click "Library" and see everything, moving down to the lower levels if you choose.