I am running Vista and have an i7 chip with 3 gigs of ram and a 1 gig video cars...Games fast (according to my Kids) I try and use crel x3 and it is hitchy and slow to react. I have already tried the patch sugested by corel and it did nothing!
I built this computer because I wanted fast.....I can still think faster than corel reacts!
Help me figure this out and you will be my new hero!
Oh my!
I think you need to find a different bunch of "graphic buddies", Victor!!!
Michael gave you good FN instructions and Ariel gave you a good list of other areas to check out.
Let us know (your new graphic buddies) how you're doing.
Actually, it's not the computer that has a problem with fonts, it's Draw and Paint and Font Navigator. I use Draw, Paint, Illustrator, Photoshop, a ton of related applications, font managers, audio applications, games, etc, etc. I've identified a few problems. Draw and Paint (X4 being the absolute worst), and Font Navigator. With Draw and Paint, if you disable their live font previewing, you shouldn't have any problem with those either. Illustrator and Photoshop have no problem at all. I currently have 1684 fonts, mostly the fancy, distressed ones that absolutely bring Draw and Paint to their knees. I've had as many as 2400 fonts on this particular machine. No problems outside of Draw/Paint/Font Navigator. Font Navigator shouldn't be used to install a lot of fonts. I recommend freeware Font Frenzy or Font Viewer. All my machines were set up similarly. I have two XP boxes here now that I used to use. They both have tons of fonts installed from when I used those machines. Those machines are running well. They get nothing but abuse, no maintenence. There's actually 1 other font issue I've identified. Windows Vista/Windows 7 have a problem just like Draw/Paint when trying to view the distressed fonts. But I never use Windows to install fonts. I use a font manager to both preview and install fonts. The font managers I pointed out have no problem with viewing and installing fonts.
KuttyJoe said:Actually, it's not the computer that has a problem with fonts, it's Draw and Paint and Font Navigator.
It's not a CorelDRAW or FontNagigator problem, it's a Windows issue. Illustrator, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, InDesign and other are similar problems. Most people uses CorelDRAW with more than 3.000 fonts installed, and most people have problems with Quark, Indesign or Illustrator with "only" 800 font. The difference is Windows and its performance
Well, I suppose that's your own experience. I've worked with all of those programs for many years and have never had any sort of font problem. Windows performance is good with all the Adobe stuff and Quark Express while Corel will bring the PC to it's knees if you try to preview a distressed font inside Corel Draw. Disable this option in Draw's preferences and Draw performs normally again. No point in imagining this to be a Windows problem. If it were, we would see the same thing happening when we try to preview a distressed font in any application. So far only Draw and Paint have this problem. Might as well call it like we see it. It's absolutely a Corel problem. One that has gotten worse with each version of Draw.
KuttyJoe said: I've worked with all of those programs for many years and have never had any sort of font problem. Windows performance is good with all the Adobe stuff and Quark Express while Corel will bring the PC to it's knees if you try to preview a distressed font inside Corel Draw.
KuttyJoe, I'm glad you are one CorelDRAW.com members.
It seems CorelDRAW chokes with complex drawings, e.g. with complex chalk brushes, not just distressed fonts. Adobe Illustrator shows high performance and stability with complex drawings.
(Maybe it is a Windows problem, Adobe and Quark know how to deal with it, but Corel doesn't)
I use corel because there are not as many "Hoops" to jump through to do certain things...It is very easy to use and does everything I want it to in less time than Photoshop or illustrator.
I am a print broker and send files to different printers all the time with no problem.... Corel x3 is my comfort zone. I just need it to work faster than I can think!