I have had trouble with a font that i have been trying to use, I have access to both X3 and X4 and for some reason the problem is reversed depending on which I am using. In Corel X3 it will allow me to use only the bold and italic version of the font, it is aware that the normal roman exists but when used it wont show up in the document whilst in X4 it will only let me use the standard roman version with no bold or italic available at all.
the particular font has its roman version as a .PFB and .PFM type 1 font whilst the italics and bold version is a true type font.
I have tried copying and pasting them directly into the fonts folder and using bitstream navigator where the preview is normal,
anyone have any ideas, thanks in advance
Hello n3v; It sounds like a bad font? How about loading it from anoter source.
My Thoughts George
thanks for the reply george, could you perhaps elaborate a little....?
I wasnt sure whether perhaps there was a clash between the types of file they were the fact ones a type 1 and the others a true type, it just seems odd that in one version one works and in the other the other works?
Hello n3v; True Type fonts should work in both ver. of Corel you have I don't use Type 1 fonts haven't for years. there is a lot of places you can go for fonts ( a lot of them are free ) you can do a search on the web "free fonts" and you will get a lot of hits. What I do is make a dir. on the hard drive named "Fonts" and save all my fonts there and get Font Nav to search for them there, You can load a lot of fonts in Font Nav and CorelDraw will use them, but if you load over 400 font in the "Windows" font folder you may have all kinds of problems. I only load "Windows" font dir. with what other programs on the computer need ( I have less than 150 fonts loaded in "Windows". And the more fonts loaded in Windows the slower it runs. I delete all of the fonts that don't run well in Font Nav. I do signs and need to match fonts that people send me and I guess I have at least 20,000 fonts all toll. ( NOT ALL LOADED at one time ).
Geoerge
George, thanks for the expert advice, sorry my reply has been so delayed, corel had began to slow and I pressume its the extra fonts I have been using, it seems that the easiest answer as you have suggested might be to just use another font, you seem like abit of a font pro so maybe I could pick your brains?....the font I am using is Mrs Eaves, which is a paid font but I have had it some time and dont really want to have to pay again, I was just wondering if you could suggest a similar (free) alternative? It needs to have a bold and an italic and what i particularly like about it is the petite caps option as well, I believe its a variation of Baskerville but again I think thats an expensive font to actually buy
Thanks
Steven
Hello n3v; you could use "What The Font" in the text drop down menu to see if it finds something ( I don't know a Mrs Eaves never heard of it, but I did know a Miss Babby once but my wife made me quite using it !!!!! ) And do a search on the net for "free fonts" and start in the A's. Why not type something and post it on the forum, and someone may be able to to tell you what you can use. ( people here are good at jumping in to help.)
George