Hopefully there is some kind of documentation on the fixes and updates to CFM for the 2017 version. I've still not gone on to using it due to the limit on number of fonts.
Would appreciate a link if available.
Suku
Suku.
Are you fonts stored locally or on a network drive?
I personally have quite a lot of font folders selected in CFM, most of them stored on a NAS, and it makes font handling in Draw very slow. If I need better performance I use the filters in Draw's font list to show for example installed fonts only, and get a very noticeable speed boost.
FWIW, the Graphics Suite always uses Corel Font Service in the background, not matter if you choose to use CFM or not.CFM is basically a graphical interface, allowing you to choose what folders the suite will be able to select fonts from.If you open CFM and then set it to monitor a few folders only, then it will probably also perform much better.Or use the filters as mentioned above.
I have the font filters in Draw set to only see system and installed fonts and with the SP of 2017 there's no speed difference in Draw between the old FN days and now. I never allowed automatic font installation.
With that said I use CFM in the same manner as I did FN.
I NEVER ALLOW font embedding in my CDR files.
Hello Ronny,
Surprised that this thread, almost 5 months old now, has resurfaced.But to answer your question, fonts are on a standalone system, so local. even tried putting them on an SSD with just a marginal improvement.The note on the Corel Font Service that you mentioned, could also be a part of the problem. its always running in the background and therefore when the number of fonts go up, it just can't keep up and slows down everything Corel.This is like a hostage situation...with Corel and CFM/Service, like Windows and IE was, until a couple of years and a few lawsuits ago.Before anyone gets sarcastic, I suggest you throw a folder with 50K+ fonts at CFM and sit back and ENJOY the show. I've heard the 'Oh. but i need only (put your number here) fonts to run my business", far too often. Me, I probably need a million or more! :) to be able to find even the most obscure font ever, and satisfy the client. To me the client is king. I do not ridicule the client/designer, be it a customer designing his stuff at home with some basic software, or another designer using another tool like Illy. I work with them and resolve the issues and eventually deliver every time. Have done for decades now.Those who say there's no speed difference whatsoever from the days of DFM and now CFM are just pulling the wool over your eyes in their blind loyalties to a program. BFN and CFM are two totally different animals. I'm sure there's a ton of real people out there doing real work who understand what I mean. Too bad these folks don't speak up more often.Free fonts and the like are here to stay, and a lot of folks are going to be using them, regardless if Corel or anyone else likes them or not. Agreed, quite a few of them are error prone and faulty and all that, but the software just need to get smarter at error handling.Think about it. A simple FREE browser is able to display all those 'error infested fonts' without any problems whatsoever, yet a sophisticated $500+ software with a state-of-the-art font service running in the background cannot?Bottom line, we all want this software to work and work reasonably well, is all, No excuses or workarounds.This post most probably might invite an uproar from the diehards, but that's fine with me.Me, I'm wisely investing more and more of my time with Illustrator, Affinity and other such, just so one misbehaving program (CorelDRAW) does not hijack my workflow. There's a ton of things Illy can do which Corel cannot and the reverse is also true, though to a much lesser extent. So don't pride yourself on "I can do everything Illy does with Corel". YOU CANT. You just limit yourself when you get stuck with either one. A designer never lets a tool limit his potential. He just chooses the tool best suited to get the job done.