Transfering Fonts From Computer to Computer

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tom_consolazio
Oct 19, 2003
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I am using a font called "nowdance" on my other computer in photoshop. When i open the psd’s i can’t edit the text because i don’t have the font on this hd. Can someone tell me what files i need to transfer to get this font into photoshop and adventually flashmx Thanks
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The Magician
Oct 19, 2003
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I am using a font called "nowdance" on my other computer in photoshop. When i open the psd’s i can’t edit the text because i don’t have the font on this hd. Can someone tell me what files i need to transfer to get this font into photoshop and adventually flashmx Thanks

Do a search for your "Fonts" folder.
(Usually in the Windows folder in most versions of Windows…in XP…your on your own searching for it.)
Look for the font by that name. Copy it to a floppy, insert it into computer, and paste font into the Font folder on the other computer’s harddrive.
Simple.
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Colin_Walls
Oct 19, 2003
The font doesn’t "belong" to PS, it’s installed in Windows and PS uses it. If it’s a TrueType font, it will have a filename like nowdance.ttf and you’ll find it in c:\windows\fonts [or somewhere similar – depends on OS version]. Fine the file, copy to the other computer and install it via fonts on the Windows control panel.

BTW, depending upon where the font came from, this process may or may not be legal – depends on the license. Don’t blame me!
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mac
Oct 20, 2003
you ought to have a proper font management package. one such is at http://www.loseyourmind.com/products.asp

proper font management is crucial for electonic publishing

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I am using a font called "nowdance" on my other computer in photoshop.
When i open the psd’s i can’t edit the text because i don’t have the font on this hd. Can someone tell me what files i need to transfer to get this font into photoshop and adventually flashmx Thanks
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tom_consolazio
Oct 21, 2003
oooh ok i will try that, and watch out for that black market of fonts while i am at it 😉
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tom_consolazio
Oct 22, 2003
worked, thanks
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E._Segen
Oct 22, 2003
"oooh ok i will try that, and watch out for that black market of fonts while i am at it"

Tom, it actually isn’t as much of a joke as it sounds like. Commercial fonts can become quite expensive and many of them come with very strict licensing. It may be difficult to imagine anyone paying $30, $50, $100 or more for a font or font family when you can go down to Wal-Mart and get a CD with 5,000 truetype fonts for under $10 but commercial fonts are a very serious business.
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Don_McCahill
Oct 23, 2003
The problem with 5,000 fonts for $10 is that at that price absolutely no testing has been done on them. The result may be a font that crashes Photoshop … many people have posted messages here with that problem.

Finding the one (or more) bad font out of 5000 is a long and painstaking process that makes you realize that $10 is not a good price.

Finally, while the problem may not manifest itself on web work, when you print out cheap fonts, they often look cheap, with bad kerning and design flaws that are noticable at 300 dpi.

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