Understanding the Way of the Font

Have you heard about the latest reality show? Ten designers have to create a logo, but first they have to get their fonts to work on their computers. Seriously, though, we’d think that in a day and age where we can put people on the moon and do just about anything wirelessly, we would have figured out the whole font thing by now. As you will soon learn, different font formats are available, and each offers different capabilities. In addition, Illustrator is specifically sensitive to corrupted fonts, and although a bad font may work in other applications, it can cause problems in Illustrator. Several font management utilities are available, including Suitcase, Font Reserve, FontExplorer, and Font Agent, and each of these has components to help you identify and repair problematic fonts.