Crazy Old Hippy with another of my weird situations…
I love all the extras you get with otf files, but my 3D Art Program (which I use often for 3D Text) only accepts ttf files.
All too often I find I have to uninstall the otf to use the ttf, or vice versa, to get the results I want.
Are there any tricks to fool the ‘puter into allowing both formats and switch as needed?
My Scientist side wanted to install one format for one user only then install the other for a different user but, unlike with software, that option does not seem to exist.
So I’m asking my new friends here if this is even possible or if I’m going to be uninstalling and reinstalling fonts all the time for the rest of Eternity!
Thanks for any help, even if it’s just a definitive NO so I can give up trying.
It depends on the Operating System (OS (Windows, Mac or Linux)) same font and different extension it should be fine. As said by Smurf2, it is better with a font manager. If this about a program, it cannot be “Tricky”, if the program tells using TTF then you MUST use it! Another way is to convert otf to TTF but sometimes remembers this kind of thing doesn’t work either.
I never tried Fontbase, but I have consistently been denied permission to install both, being told the font exists and asked if I want to overwrite. I do that a lot…
It is a windows 10 system (and some older windows ‘puters too).
I’ll try fontbase and post results, for future reference.
OK - fontbase does allow installing both! Many thanks for the tip
It and it’s documentation say it’s a bad idea because I am just a stupid human and it may confuse me by showing both in a list with the same name and no extension. Even web searches “warned” against doing this, as if it were something very serious.
Unbelievable.
My 3D program’s font list does not display the otf fonts at all, and in an image editor it is poop-simple to just try the other if you choose the wrong one. I wish we could rename fonts - that would fix this for everyone. But I lack a font editor and suspect the names come from their metadata because the names in lists sometimes don’t match exactly the name on the file.
Regardless, I am unsure how smoothly it will go in workflow situations, but will find out!
Yeah, may have to do that. But Fontbase seems like a good idea. I have no problem just selecting the other if one is wrong (only time that may happen is in an image editor where it calls the ttf but the saved file has otf ligatures). I am amazed at how loudly the articles screamed about “bad practice” when I feel it is Best Practice given my circumstances
