More fonts in vegas 3?

jrlogan1 wrote on 3/29/2003, 10:54 PM

I have heard that the text in vegas is fairly lacking, but is it at least possible to add more fonts? When i checked I only had 25 actual different fonts, and most of those very plain. Is it possible to import more?

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BillyBoy wrote on 3/29/2003, 11:08 PM

You're mistaken. The numbers of fonts is determined by what YOU have on your system. SoFo provides no fonts, AFASIK however it will, like any Windows application access whatever fonts you have installed on your system. Windows comes with a handful. If you have Office, there's some more. If you have a graphics application like Corel, there's another few hundred or so, etc..

I just checked, Vegas accessed all 250 or so fonts I have installed.

Be aware many fonts won't look that good in video. I would avoid using the "fancy" ones except at large sizes otherwise they may look fuzzy, more so at very small sizes. You should be able to see what fonts you have from Control Panel in Windows.

jrlogan1 wrote on 3/29/2003, 11:40 PM

Well, I have far more fonts available in both word and photoshop, so for some reason vegas isn't accessing these fonts. Any ideas on why?

Grazie wrote on 3/29/2003, 11:55 PM

Vegas can access True Type fonts, not Postscript fonts.

You should be able to access the TT fonts installed on your PC. Note those fonts you can access in WORD and those you can't in VV3. Now go and cross check your TT fonts list in VV3 against WIndows fonts manager: Start>Settings>Control Panel>Fonts. Those that are not truly TT will not be given house room in VV3.

You will see a huge list of your TT fonts and maybe others - yeah? Have a nice Sunday.

Grazie

Grazie wrote on 3/30/2003, 12:00 AM

Apologies - Just changed "V4" to "VV3" - DOAH!!!

Grazie :-(

jrlogan1 wrote on 3/30/2003, 12:19 AM

Ok, looks like i got it worked out. Though vegas wouldn't access all the fonts in my system, the overall problem was a general shortage of fonts. I downloaded a bunch of freeware fonts and now I have more than i know what to do with!

Thanks.

Grazie wrote on 3/30/2003, 12:35 AM

Well done you! - It's good init?

Grazie

TorS wrote on 3/30/2003, 2:23 AM

A post some while ago said that Vegas actually would handle Postscript fonts by some method, but that it was an undocumented and/or unsupported feature. Try a search at this forum and see, if you like.
Tor

Grazie wrote on 3/30/2003, 2:30 AM

Thanks Tors - I just read the stuff from Chienworks saying it wasn't possible - Hey Ho!

I've got enough to do keeping the "Documented" stuff working - ;-)

Grazie

barleycorn wrote on 4/2/2003, 10:45 AM

See http://www.sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=155283&Page=0 for what's currently possible with Postscript fonts in Vegas.

Postscript fonts are now included in the Fonts list in DVD Architect (in 1.0a) and it would seem likely that they'll be available throughout Vegas before long.

Incidentally, in case anyone from Sonic Foundry is following this thread, bitmap fonts have now crept into the DVD Architect list even though they can't be used.