Hello!
I noticed that Corel Draw doesn't show a proper glyph preview of PostScript fonts. It only shows empty glyphs (see screenshot). Other than that this font seems to work fine. When I double click on an empty looking glyph, it will also insert the correct glyph. I just don't see what I'm clicking on.I tried to install the font with Corel Font Manager, but even there I see the same thing in the glyph preview.Is there a way of fixing this? I'd really need to see those glyphs.
Thanks in advance!
I don't think the issue involves Postscript Type 1 fonts. I've seen the same preview glitch with various OpenType fonts too. The bug is annoying, particularly when some kind of symbol font is involved. Sometimes I end up having to open Adobe Illustrator and use its Glyphs palette to access the characters I want. But the font has to be installed into the OS to show up in Illustrator, unlike fonts in a collection folder to be accessed (or ignored) by Font Manager.
Btw - my font isn't a Type1 font. It's a PostScript based OTF font.
I don't think it really makes any difference if the OTF file has Postscript or TrueType based outlines. The font preview in the Insert Character palette can be buggy in unpredictable ways. Sometimes the characters aren't visible at all. At other times the characters may be only partially visible; I'll often see it only showing a portion of the left side of the glyph. Adjusting the size preview slider doesn't do anything to help.
The strange thing is, it did work with my font with TrueType based outlines. For several reasons I had to redo it as Postscript. All the settings are the same, only the format has changed. And it doesn't work. That's why I thought the PostScript format was the reason.But since you say that you've seen it before with other fonts, who knows what the actual reason is. All I know is, it's annoying.Thanks for your explanations!
So your font is an OTF with postscript outlines correct? I may have missed it can you tell me what font you're using? Also what language version of CorelDRAW and Windows + the version of Windows please.
Yes, that's correct. One of those that don't work is a font that I purchased a license for years ago called DR Hand. It's a school font from a professional font maker. Another one that's not working is one that I made myself with High-Logic FontCreator. All the settings seem to be alright and the people on their forum also don't have an idea what I could do differently. If it was only my font, I'd say I'm making a mistake somewhere. But it isn't.
I figured as much with the fonts CFM is laughable and Draw handling of fonts has always been spotty. I will say that over the last decsde using OTF with True Type outlines has been more reliable and some older True Type fonts have been ok.
What language version of Draw and Windows do you use?