For the last few weeks i've been having a problem where a seemingly completely random selection of fonts just won't work in Corel. These are 'not installed' fonts in a location that is monitored by Font Manager. The fonts show fine in Font Manager, and in the font list in CorelDraw. They even preview correctly at the bottom of the font list. However, when chosen, the text jumps back to arial. There seems to be no consistency in the type of font, and sometimes some members of a font family work and others don't.
Just to clarify how we are set up, we use OneDrive to synchronise fonts between all users here. We have a folder called Active Fonts on each computer which is synchronised by Onedrive. When someone uses a new font, they add the font to this drive and Onedrive then updates the local folder on everyones computer. It avoids having thousands of fonts on a network drive which really slowed things down, keeps the fonts the same for all users, and has been working perfectly for a few years now.
I've made a little video showing this behaviour. As you can see, the majority of fonts are wokring fine, but a significant number just revert to Arial, and there doesn't seem to be any logical reason. The video is at:
https://vimeo.com/640302962
I've tried repairing Corel, uninstalling and reinstalling Corel, resetting the font database, but nothing helps. Any ideas what is going on here?
Thanks for the idea. I've tried this but unfortunately it's not improved things.
Ok I went into the Sign Company on business and tested 2021 there without the latest update and default font settings.
All your fonts display as they should EXCEPT the variable font which all the italics fail.
I found this interesting and set one of my 2021 systems with the 506 build to font default except embedding and all your fonts displayed identical to the system at the Sign Shop.
I also tested 2020 and all 3 applications work identically, 2020, 2021 with the 363 (I believe) and 506 versions. There is certainly something up on your systems.
Did you install the update from the prompt inside the application on all systems? Are you using the U.S. English versions of CorelDRAW and Windows?
Just to clarify, did you install the fonts, or did you have them in Font Manager as Not Installed fonts? This issue is ONLY affecting fonts that are 'not installed', but are added to Font Manager.
All fonts are installed I can try them as uninstalled later today. I only have one system running the 506 build that has them installed I'll update the font database on the system to see the fonts but not install them.
I never use fonts via the manager uninstalled as there have been issues with that features since it was created.
As i keep mentioning, the problem does not, and hasn't ever, affect fonts that are installed. It only affects fonts that are NOT INSTALLED. I don't know how I can make this any clearer. I've mentioned this on just about every post on here so far.
The feature has always worked for us perfectly until the latest update.