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Suitcase Fusion Changelog

What's new in Suitcase Fusion 8 19.1.1.7295

Aug 3, 2018
  • Fixed an issue where QuickType text was not refreshed in fonts that were scrolled offscreen when the text was edited. [613327, FS-6078]

New in Suitcase Fusion 8 19.1.0.7201 (Jul 18, 2018)

  • Expandable Family view:
  • Family view in Suitcase Fusion now displays each font family on a single row in a scrolling list.
  • Expand and collapse single families or all families to see font tiles or other preview types.
  • Enhanced Sorting:
  • Sort the Font pane by Name, Type, Foundry, Activation status, or Favorite.
  • Sort fonts no matter what view you use.
  • Sort options are saved when you quit Suitcase Fusion.
  • SkyFonts integration:
  • Manage all of your synced SkyFonts™ from within Suitcase Fusion.
  • Activate, deactivate, and collect fonts for output.
  • SkyFont downloads appear immediately within Suitcase Fusion.
  • Direct link to MyFonts.com to purchase and install additional fonts.
  • Other improvements:
  • TeamSync: The License Administrator account, used to invite TeamSync team members and create shared libraries, is no longer counted against the number of TeamSync users.
  • Advanced Find can now locate fonts based on the content or presence of Comments.
  • Windows: Improved responsiveness when using “type ahead” to scroll to a section of the Fonts panel.
  • Mac: Creating a new Library or Smart Search while that element of the Libraries panel is hidden will automatically show that element.
  • Windows: You can install Suitcase Fusion on a non-boot drive.
  • Note: If you install to a logical drive mapped using SUBST, uninstallation might fail unless you map the drive as an administrator.
  • Windows: We now save log files locally if you opt not to send crash reports to Extensis.
  • Mac: The preview text for a missing font is displayed in gray.
  • Click on the Missing Font icon to locate the font.
  • Windows: Press Esc to cancel Find.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where some fonts would show as having zero or one glyph. [FS-4947, FS-5571]
  • Dragging a corrupt font from the Temporary Fonts library to another library could cause issues with temporary fonts. We now disallow dragging temporary fonts into another library. [FS-4980]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue where some fonts would not display a thumbnail in Tile view. [FS-5015]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue where some corrupt fonts were not identified as corrupt. [FS-5470]
  • Fixed an issue where trying to add a font in place that has already been added as a temporary font would cause removing temporary fonts to fail, and the font in question could not be promoted to the Vault. [FS-5529]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue where Suitcase Fusion would shut down with a System.ApplicationException error. [FS-5534, FS-5919]
  • When a missing font’s parent folder has an apostrophe in the name, the font will not have the icon indicating it is missing. [FS-5538]
  • Fixed an issue in the plug-ins for Illustrator, InDesign, and InCopy for CC 2015, CC 2017, and CC 2018 where auto-activating or saving a document with a lot of fonts could cause the design application to crash. [FS-5546, FS-5922, FS-5923]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue where adding a font in place that has already been added as a temporary font would show the font as activated twice. [FS-5583]
  • Fixed an issue where the Favorite status of a font is remembered if it is deleted and added again. [FS-5594]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue where attempting to activate a font added in-place from a network drive that is not mounted would cause Suitcase Fusion to stop responding. [FS-5605]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue where the Page Down key would not scroll the correct distance. [FS-5610]
  • (Mac) Fixed an issue where right-to-left language previews were displayed left-to-right. [FS-5646]
  • (Mac) Fixed an issue where cancelling a permissions request during plug-in installation resulted in an error message. [FS-5655]
  • (Mac) Fixed an issue where copying and pasting glyphs would paste the incorrect font for some specific source fonts. [FS-5659]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue where holding down the Page Down or Page Up key would not scroll to the bottom or top of the Font panel. [FS-5676]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue where the Attributes window would not open when you have several thousand fonts selected. [FS-5681]
  • Fixed an issue where Adobe After Effects would crash under certain conditions if it was using an incompatible plug-in. (This could happen if, for example, you upgrade Suitcase Fusion but do not immediately update plug-ins when prompted.) [FS-5715]
  • (Mac) Fixed an issue where Suitcase Fusion would crash when undoing an edit in the Preview text. [FS-5740]
  • (Mac) Fixed an issue where Suitcase Fusion could stop responding when scrolling through previews in a very large library. [FS-5764]
  • (Mac) Fixed an issue where Suitcase Fusion could crash if you quickly open then close the Glyphs or QuickMatch panel in a library with a large number of fonts. [FS-5769, FS-5786]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue where the plug-in manager did not correctly report the presence of an outdated plug-in. [FS-5901]
  • (Mac) Fixed an issue where Suitcase Fusion would crash when you have scrollbars always visible on OS X 10.11, then drag a font from the Font pane over a scrollbar. [FS-5920]

New in Suitcase Fusion 8 19.0.1.17 (Oct 20, 2017)

  • Completely redesigned user interface
  • Easier to find what you need and get back to work
  • Font details revealed
  • Access font attributes easily
  • Examine fonts at the glyph level quickly
  • Integrated with the latest design applications from Adobe and Quark
  • QuickMatch is integrated into the main view
  • Detailed font language support revealed
  • Improved performance and stability
  • Support for macOS High Sierra and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.2.4.117 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • We added an auto-activation XTension for QuarkXPress 2017 for Macintosh.
  • Fixed an issue where Favorite fonts in a shared library were sometimes not synchronized to a second client. [FS-4429, UTS-6893]
  • Fixed an issue where the Photoshop plug-in would auto-activate the OpenType version of a font when it should activate the TrueType version. [FS-4490, UTS-6789]
  • (Win) Fixed an issue where adding a font using the Add Font menu item would fail if the system option “Hide file extensions” was enabled. [FS-4543]
  • Fixed an issue where the TeamSync console would show the total number of libraries assigned to a user across all their teams, not just the current team. [FS-4644]

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.2.2 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where After Effects CC 2015 running on Mac OS X 10.9 could not be quit after creating a new composition. [FS-4104]
  • Fixed an issue where InDesign CC 2017 running on any version of macOS would crash when exiting. [FS-4119]

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.2.1 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where entering incorrect login credentials displays an error message, which causes text to be cropped in the login dialog. [FS-4036]
  • Fixed an issue in Suitcase Fusion 7 for Windows where switching to another application then back would move the application focus from the Smart Search panel. [FS-4038]
  • Fixed an issue where substituted fonts took a long time to render when opening a document in InDesign or InCopy on Windows. [FS-4039]
  • Fixed an issue where both the 32-bit and 64-bit plug-ins were installed for 32-bit Illustrator 2015.3 for Windows. [FS-4042]

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.2 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Added auto-activation plug-in and Extensis Font Panel support for Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CC 2017.
  • Added auto-activation plug-in support for Adobe InCopy and After Effects CC 2017.

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.1.2 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where “Pick best match” was off by default in several plug-ins. [FS-3845]
  • (Windows) Fixed an issue in Windows 10 where Suitcase Fusion was not able to preview some fonts installed outside of the normal Windows Fonts directory. [FS-3892]

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.1.1 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue in the Adobe Illustrator plug-in where the “Missing Fonts” dialog would be displayed erroneously on non-English systems. [FS-3796]
  • Fixed an issue in the Adobe Photoshop plug-in where opening a document with missing fonts resulted in the “Missing Fonts” dialogs being displayed multiple times. [FS-3800]
  • Updated synchronization with Google Fonts to allow downloading the full font rather than the Latin subset. [FS-3802]
  • NOTE: If you have Google Fonts enabled, they will be updated shortly after the next time you launch Suitcase Fusion.
  • Fixed an issue in the German language Adobe After Effects plug-in where the “Missing Fonts” dialog was displayed erroneously. [FS-3810]
  • Fixed an issue in the Adobe Photoshop plug-in where the “Collect Fonts for Output” dialog could be displayed behind the Photoshop window. [FS-3825]
  • Fixed an issue where certain fonts could cause Adobe Illustrator CC 2015.3 to crash when the auto-activation plug-in is enabled. [FS-3837]

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.1 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • NOTE: In June 2016, Adobe released significant upgrades to some Creative Cloud 2015 applications. To differentiate these upgraded applications from the original CC 2015 releases, they are listed here as “CC 2015.x”.
  • Added auto-activation plug-in and Extensis Font Panel support for Adobe Illustrator CC 2015.3 and Photoshop CC 2015.5.
  • Added auto-activation plug-in support for Adobe After Effects CC 2015.3 and QuarkXPress 2016.

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.0.7 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Improves the speed of synchronizing with TypeSync and Suitcase TeamSync.

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.0.6 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where syncing fonts with the Extensis server would fail when it encountered a font with a bad or missing PostScript name. [FS-3718]

New in Suitcase Fusion 7 18.0.4 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • TypeSync: Save your font collection in the cloud and synchronize it with a second system. Suitcase Fusion 7 includes the Extensis TypeSync cloud service and a license for up to two simultaneous system connections (Mac, Windows, or one of each).
  • Adobe® After Effects®: Suitcase Fusion 7 includes an auto-activation plug-in for Adobe After Effects CC 2015.
  • Smart Search: Saved search criteria that automatically update to identify fonts across all your libraries simultaneously.
  • Setup wizard: The first time you run Suitcase Fusion 7, it will guide you in configuring your font libraries.
  • No serial number: Use your Extensis.com account to validate your installation and to sync your font libraries between computers using TypeSync.

New in Suitcase Fusion 6 17.0.0.629978 (Feb 5, 2015)

  • What’s new:
  • Updated for OS X Yosemite and Windows 8.1: Use the latest font manager on your latest systems.
  • Font Panels optimized for Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Cloud 2014.
  • Cloud-based archive & restore: Transfer your Font Vault between multiple workspaces with cloud-based archive & restore for Dropbox, Google Drive and more.
  • Fixed:
  • OpenType symbol fonts are previewed as plain text on Windows, not as symbols. [TS-1473]

New in Suitcase Fusion 5 16.0.0.556 (Aug 5, 2013)

  • Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Suite Ready
  • Brand New font auto-activation plugins for Adobe Creative Cloud applications
  • You can use Suitcase Fusion on more than one machine, just like with your CC subscription
  • When sharing files within Creative Cloud, Font Sense font fingerprinting ensures everyone sees the correct font
  • Design for the web using web fonts inside Photoshop Creative Cloud with the Extensis font panel
  • For both Mac and Windows, with feature parity across the board
  • Experiment and Pair Typefaces Faster Than Ever
  • Experiment with Headline/intro/body copy pairings without activating your entire library
  • Save your favorite pairings to a set, activate the set, and start designing
  • Comp with different fonts and compare side-by-side within project templates
  • Deliver printed or PDF proofs which include font choices, color values, etc.
  • Create web mockups using live web fonts and built-in templates for fast decision making
  • New QuickMatch Pane helps you ‘find similar fonts’ with ease
  • The Smartest Way to Design With Web Fonts
  • Direct access to web font services through the Extensis font panel in Creative Cloud Applications (WebINK, Google Web Fonts)
  • Design with over 1000 NEW fonts in the WebINK library (over 5000 total)
  • Load up ANY web page in the Fusion browser and start swapping out fonts for quick experimentation
  • Quickly experiment with web font pairings using the new QuickComp Feature
  • FREE Web font Plug-in now makes web fonts available for design use in Creative Cloud Applications

New in Suitcase Fusion 4 15.0.4.498 (Nov 7, 2012)

  • Font Panels. Coming to a Creative Suite Near You:
  • Simplify working with fonts. Access and preview your font collection while staying in your favorite applications throughout the design process.
  • Work with Fonts Inside CS:
  • Take your font browsing straight into Adobe Creative Suite using the Extensis font panels. Activate, browse, and preview your Suitcase Fusion font library from a single panel within InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
  • Supports Adobe Creative Suite 6:
  • Suitcase Fusion 4 includes professional class auto-activation plug-ins for Adobe CS6 applications, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and InCopy.
  • Flag Your Faves:
  • Now you can highlight your favorite fonts and quickly save them for use in a future project. Smart Sets can be used to quickly display fonts on your “hit list.”
  • Custom Color Previews:
  • Quickly test a custom font treatment with the built-in color picker. Choose the text and background color right within your preview window.
  • Google Web Fonts:
  • Because too many fonts is NEVER enough, Suitcase Fusion 4 gives you quick access to over 500 font families from Google Web Fonts, FREE for desktop or web use.
  • If you’re just starting your font collection, or just want to add to your treasure trove, let Suitcase Fusion 4 do the work for you.
  • Find Similar Fonts Fast with QuickMatch:
  • A very powerful, but previously hard-to-locate tool is now front and center in Suitcase Fusion 4.
  • Not sure if you’ve got the best font for the job? Click the QuickMatch™ button on the toolbar to search for visually similar fonts in your collection. QuickMatch helps you narrow your list of choices, and select only the best options from your collection.
  • Custom Font Digests:
  • Suitcase Fusion 4 lets you create and edit your own custom font lists known as Font Digests. These provide a powerful way to set-up custom lists of fonts from Suitcase Libraries.
  • Fluid Interface:
  • Slide open and closed; up and down. Personalize your real estate to see previews any way you want.

New in Suitcase Fusion 14.0.5.93 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Adobe CS5 Ready:
  • Suitcase Fusion 3 includes auto-activation plug-ins for Adobe InDesign and Illustrator. Plus, you’ll receive the entirely NEW plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop.
  • Adobe InDesign CS3/CS4/CS5
  • Adobe Illustrator CS3/CS4/CS5
  • Adobe Photoshop CS4/CS5 (32 and 64-bit versions)
  • QuarkXPress 7 & 8
  • Web font Enabled with WebINK:
  • Bring gorgeous typography to the web using Suitcase Fusion 3 and the WebINK web font rental service. Using your free WebINK account, browse the huge selection of quality web fonts from the best foundries; then preview them on your site without a single line of code. WebINK is the best way to easily integrate web fonts into any site without worrying about any browser compatibility or font licensing issues.
  • Browse the huge selection of quality web fonts from WebINK
  • Preview WebINK fonts using Suitcase Fusion’s interactive font preview modes
  • Preview fonts in any website without writing a single line of code
  • Manage your web font collections in Type Drawers
  • Easily transfer web fonts to clients upon job completion
  • “Find Similar Fonts” Fast with QuickMatch:
  • The unique QuickMatch technology built into Suitcase Fusion 3 brings powerful font comparison technology to your desktop. Select any font in your collection; use QuickType to enter any custom preview text, and Suitcase Fusion 3 quickly does a glyph-level comparison of all fonts in your collection to locate similar fonts. And it will even find ‘similar’ web fonts in the WebINK font library.
  • Web Page Previews:
  • Want to see how a font will look when used on any website, without writing a single line of code? The new Web Preview feature in Suitcase Fusion 3 gives you just that. Preview any web page directly in Suitcase Fusion, and quickly see how any font in your collection will look on the web. Or by choosing fonts from the WebINK font rental service, and enabling a new font on your website is as simple as copying a chunk of CSS.
  • Font Snapshots:
  • Need a quick image of some text to use in a document? With Suitcase Fusion 3 you can enter custom text using QuickType, select any font in your collection, and drag it out to your desktop to create a PNG preview of the font with a transparent background. Font Snapshots are handy to use in any application that may not render text well, as a quick preview that can be emailed to clients, or any time you need a high-quality PNG preview.
  • Font Activation by Application:
  • Need to be sure that you always have fonts available for a specific application? Create an Application Set for it in Suitcase Fusion 3, and whenever you launch the application, fonts in the Application Set are automatically activated.
  • Banish Font Corruption:
  • Never be bothered with a corrupt font again. Suitcase Fusion 3 contains stronger font corruption checking abilities to keep corrupt fonts out of your workflow.