Fonts

As of Fall 2005, FontReserve is managing all the fonts in the maclab. FontReserve is server-based, which means that all the maclab machines have access to the exact same fonts. In other words, all the fonts that you use in the lab actually live on the maclab server. Each individual machine in the lab has a FontReserve client installed. This client lets individual users activate or deactivate selected fonts for specific types of work.

There are two main groups of users for the FontReserve clients. One is the habit group and the other is the maclab group. The appropriate group is automatically activated in the FontReserve client when you login to either account on a mac in the lab. Users in each group can create sets to manage which fonts they'd like to use for their projects. Note that default fonts are activated automatically for each group, so most of the time it isn't necessary to fiddle with FontReserve at all. Only proceed to create new sets according to the instructions below if you need access to a font and you don't currently have it showing up in your font list within your applications.

Instructions for activating fonts through the FontReserve client interface

1. Launch FontReserve by clicking on its icon in the dock (1).
2. The image below illustrates how the main FontReserve window displays the fonts on the server in the lower half of the screen (2), and the current sets of fonts on the client machine in the upper half (3).

 Adding a new set of Fonts

1. Begin by clicking on the new set icon (1) Your new set will appear in the upper half of the screen as "Untitled". Give it a descriptive name.
2. Drag a font from the bottom (server) list (2) to your newly created set (3).
3. Activate your fonts by clicking the little circle to the left of the set name.
4. Note that your newly activated font shows up in font lists in applications (4).