You can then create a smart set to display all your fonts marked as favorites in Suitcase. There is also a new Favorites feature that lets you mark a font by clicking a star next to its name. The main Suitcase window is also smarter in this version: You can resize the panels within the window there’s a new button for QuickMatch and there are new buttons at the bottom of the window for common actions.
Unfortunately, a bug with the auto-activation XTension causes QuarkXPress to prompt you to re-save every file you open, even if the document has not been changed. There’s a new auto-activation plug-in for Adobe InCopy CS4 andĬS5, in addition to plug-ins for InDesign CS4, CS5, and CS6, Illustrator CS4, CS5, and CS6, Photoshop CS4 and CS5 (Extensis is currently working with Adobe to create an auto plug-in for Photoshop CS6), and QuarkXPress 7, 8, and 9. Other new features are quite helpful: You can use a color picker to choose the text and background color for font samples-this is good for when you want to drag out a font sample and have it match a client’s corporate brand colors. And since WebINK fonts are only available in Photoshop, they are not included in the digests in InDesign or Illustrator. Also, while these digests are shared among Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, they are not available outside those applications. Unfortunately, this feature seems half-baked, as you’re limited to adding complete Sets or Libraries to a Digest-you can’t pick out individual fonts to add to the digest. Since the main Suitcase interface does not allow you to combine fonts from multiple libraries into a single logical set, this is a way to keep track of fonts from multiple sources, such as two different local font Libraries, WebINK fonts, and Google Web fonts. A Digest is a way to combine fonts from multiple libraries into one logical group-or digest. The Extensis font panel has an additional feature: Digests.
The new Colors palette lets you apply a color to the text sample and its background. You can even limit the search to specific characters, such as those used in a company or product name. You can even give your Photoshop document to others, and if they’re using Suitcase Fusion 4, those fonts are automatically available to them as well.Īccess to WebINK and Google Web Fonts has a hidden benefit when combined with Suitcase’s QuickMatch feature (a phenomenally useful technology for finding similar-looking fonts): When you want a font for a webpage that’s similar to a font you used in a print layout, QuickMatch will also search the fonts in those services. The Extensis font panel in Photoshop has one feature not available in InDesign or Illustrator: you can use Extensis’ WebINK fonts to mock up a webpage for free, and only pay for the fonts when your webpage goes live. Contrary to its name, these fonts can be used both in print or on webpages. The Google Web Font service offers hundreds of free, open source fonts suitable for students or beginning designers. This is a welcome and necessary improvement, since Suitcase now also lets you work with Web fonts from its own
And unlike in Suitcase’s main interface, the Extensis font panel within Creative Suite lets you see and activate fonts from multiple libraries. You can even use its search field to find, for example, all the fonts that have Garamond in their names. Using the new Extensis font panel, you can apply any font to a selection, and if the font isn’t currently active, Suitcase will activate it. Photoshop that lets users work with fonts and sets, without having to leave those applications and open Suitcase. Version 4 adds a new Extensis font panel to Adobe
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