After reading all your fonts, Font Box performs the tests you
specified in the 'Analyze Old Fonts' window. After each test,
Font Box displays a Results window listing what if any problems
it found. Font Box also recommends what action you should take
to fix the problems so they do not affect your new font library.
In most cases, Results windows have two buttons: 'Fix' and 'Don't
Fix'. Simply click one of the two buttons and Font Box carries
out your request.
If you want Font Box to fix most, but not all of the problems
it identified, hold down the Command key and click on the items
you wish to avoid fixing. Font Box deselects those items. You
can then click the 'Fix' button to fix the problems for all the
other fonts.
Corrupt Fonts
If Font Box detects any corrupt fonts, it displays a Results window
listing the problem fonts. Click the 'Fix' button to fix the problems
or the 'Don't Fix' button to disregard the problems. Note that
if you ignore the problems, Font Box itself may crash later in
the process.
Duplicate Fonts
If Font Box finds duplicate fonts, it displays the list in a Results
window. Click the 'Fix' button to eliminate the duplicates from
your new, clean fonts. If you click the 'Don't Fix' button, Font
Box includes the duplicates, and you risk displaying unpredictable
output.
Font Box displays another Results window if it detects duplicate
TrueType and Type 1 fonts. You can then click one of the following
buttons to tell which fonts you want in your new library: 'Keep
TrueType', 'Keep Type 1', or 'Keep Both'. If you have a PostScript
printer or you send output to service bureaus or typesetters,
then include the 'Type 1' fonts. Otherwise, include the TrueType
fonts.
Unmatched Fonts
Font Box also displays a Results window for its unmatched (orphaned)
Type 1 fonts test. If Font Box displays a list of fonts missing
either their bitmapped or PostScript components, click the 'Fix'
button to exclude them from your new fonts.
Large Bitmapped Fonts
If Font Box detects extra or superfluous bitmapped fonts, you'll
see another Results window. If you use Adobe Type Manager and
want to save disk space and memory, you can click the 'Fix' button
to exclude the sizes from your new font library. Otherwise, click
the 'Don't Fix' button. Important: If you are not an ATM user,
do not check this box.
Starting the Font Creation Process
Next, Font Box displays a dialog asking if you want Font Box to
close other active applications (including Finder) so Font Box
can begin moving your fonts about.
Click the 'Force Quit' button to quit the applications or the
'Continue' button to proceed. You can press the Continue button
only if you are not analyzing the Fonts folder in the System folder
or moving fonts into it.
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