Where are the fonts?

My last version of CorelDraw was 8. I just purchased the download (only) copy of the CorelDraw Suite X8 upgrade and installed it on my Windows 10 laptop.

I'm trying to load a CDR file that I created in CorelDraw8 and it immediately tells me that fonts I used are not available. I'm pretty sure that CorelDraw Suite X8 comes with hundreds of Fonts, right? So where are they? I don't have any option for installing fonts (or not installing them) as part of the installation process. I asked online chat help and they told me I can access additional content from Corel Connect. Since I am coming from an old version, Corel Connect is new to me but I loaded it and don't see how it's going to help me install/get fonts that aren't already installed.

I searched the forums for a similar newbie question and the response was to get them off the DVD, but since I only have a downloaded install and no DVD, I can't do that.

I'm stumped. Where are the fonts and how do I get them?

0 Ariel over 7 years ago

you can download all fonts from corel.com, on Window/dockers/Connect
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0 cork2win over 7 years ago in reply to Ariel

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately I don't understand how to do that. When I look in Windows/Dockers menu from CorelDraw, there is no option for "Connect". There is an option for "Get More". When I choose that there is a tab for "tools" and a tab for "content". If I select "content", a few font packs show up that I have to pay for, and two fonts that can be downloaded for free. Since the features of the software state that it includes 1000 open type fonts, I don't think I'm in the right place. I certainly don't want to pay $60 extra for a font pack after just shelling out big bucks for this upgrade.

I've tried again opening Corel CONNECT and realized I can browse to a URL in this software. I typed in www.corel.com and it shows me all the gif and jpg images from their home page. That's not what I'm looking for either. I'm generally pretty software savvy but how to do this is not intuitive at all.

I don't have time right now to figure this out. I'm going to get my old CorelDraw 8 CD out and copy the fonts folder from there to my machine, but I would still love to know how exactly to access the 1000 fonts that are supposed to be included with this software that I just purchased.
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0 cork2win over 7 years ago in reply to cork2win

I did finally figure out how to access fonts from Corel Connect, but still haven't figured it out from CorelDraw. I was searching for a specific font in Connect rather than just browsing the "Content Exchange". At least now I know where to get the fonts included with the software, clipart, etc. I'll probably figure it out as a docker from CorelDraw eventually.
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0 MikeWe over 7 years ago in reply to cork2win

Inside of CorelDraw, use the File menu and select Search Content to get to the Get More docker, or use the Windows | Dockers menu like you have done. Or use the Corel Connect shortcut from Windows' start menu in the CorelDraw Graphics Suite folder.

Using any of the methods, in the screen shot below, I have unchecked anything other than the Content Exchange. The fonts button in the top row of buttons is selected, which affects the search field. But the fonts folder button is also selected and in the body of the screen shot I have the Fonts folder selected. Double-clicking on that will then open various other folders from which to make a selection...and so on.

It is a slower method than previous version. I don't use Connect very often for anything--I use my own folders of fonts and a font manager from which to decide which fonts to use.

Mike
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0 Ariel over 7 years ago in reply to MikeWe

MikeWe said:
It is a slower method than previous version. I don't use Connect very often for anything--I use my own folders of fonts and a font manager from which to decide which fonts to use.

just to clarify, you can download the fonts, then use it from your own hard disk, not online
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