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philfort wrote on 5/21/2003, 10:53 PM
Yup, me too.
Look in your c:\windows\fonts directory... any font that ends in ".fon" doesn't work with Vegas. In VV3, it isn't even listed in the Text generator.


Randy6957 wrote on 5/21/2003, 11:06 PM
That's too bad. Guess I could generate a script font in another program.

I'm a VERY green newbie with V4 but seem to be learning the basics pretty fast. The most important part is I having a BLAST!! This stuff is neat!

Thanks for your reply.
farss wrote on 5/22/2003, 2:10 AM
They removed raster fonts in the latest release because they render badly.
From my understanding it was actually an oversight that you could use them before.
Randy6957 wrote on 5/22/2003, 12:50 PM
What is everyone else using to display script font types?
Chienworks wrote on 5/22/2003, 1:26 PM
"Script font types" is somewhat of a misnomer. The font you're having trouble with isn't a problem because it's "script"; it's a problem because it's a .fon file. I have several "script"-ish fonts that all work fine in Vegas because they are .ttf TrueType fonts. When you look at your list of fonts, those with a "TT" icon should all work fine, but those with an "A" icon won't.
philfort wrote on 5/22/2003, 2:50 PM
btw, the legacy text generator will render these I think, but you're probably just better off using another "scriptlike" font that will work. If you don't have one, its pretty easy to find free fonts to download on the web....
barleycorn wrote on 5/22/2003, 5:35 PM
To be pedantic, script.fon is actually a vector rather than a raster font. The vector fonts are only included with Windows for compatibility with truly ancient applications though and have quite rightly been removed from Vegas' font lists again.
barleycorn wrote on 5/22/2003, 5:40 PM
> the legacy text generator will render these I think

Not in Vegas 4.0c.
BillyBoy wrote on 5/22/2003, 7:32 PM
Vegas should be able to handle any True Type font. If you don't have the exact font you want/need, the web is overflowing with them. Some sites have thousands, many are free for the taking.

Do a search for: true type fonts.

All you should have to do once you find some you like is unzip them or copy them to the font folder which by default is under Windows in you root drive directory.

Example: c\windows\fonts
TorS wrote on 5/23/2003, 6:28 AM
Beware that many of these free fonts are created by people who seem to think that the 26 letters of the "English alphabet" is all there is.
Tor
mikkie wrote on 5/23/2003, 6:44 AM
Good point Tor...

There are a few utilities to look at fonts after right clicking on them, which is handy.

Also useful is a font manager - get a ton of fonts and you're wasteing resources haveing them all load with windows.

Also, also useful is creating a directory just for fonts, named something other then the default name "fonts", once you get a font manager. Often in windows just clicking on the font folder, usually by accident in my case, will register and/or install everything in the folder. I've got near a thousand on the hard drive, so obviously this is not good.