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Migrating from Universal Type Server to Suitcase TeamSync

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Description

I am migrating from Universal Type Server (UTS) to Suitcase TeamSync. I need to export my fonts from UTS and import them into TeamSync, and add my users to TeamSync.

Solution

To migrate from UTS to TeamSync, you must collect the fonts from your UTS installation then upload them into a TeamSync shared folder. You can also export individual sets from UTC and recreate them in Suitcase Fusion.

 

Migrating fonts from Universal Type Server to Suitcase TeamSync

Collecting fonts from Universal Type Server 

  1. Log in to Universal Type Server using the default administrator account. Any user account with Full Administrator privileges will also work.
  2. Click on the All Server Fonts group, then select all of the fonts (Edit > Select All)
  3. Go to File > Collect Fonts for Output; when the save dialog opens, save the fonts to the desktop.

Universal Type Client will create a Collected Fonts folder and place copies of the fonts in the folder.

Collecting font sets from Universal Type Server 

These instructions work for collecting shared sets; to collect private sets, you must log in to UTS with the user account that created those sets.

  1. Create a Collected Sets folder on the desktop
  2. Select your set(s) from within the workgroup pane in Universal Type Client, then Drag and Drop them onto your desktop folder created in step 1

UTC will create a 'Collected Fonts' folder within your 'Collected Sets' folder.  Within that it will create subfolders for each set you collected, and place copies of the fonts within them.

Adding fonts to Suitcase TeamSync

NOTE: You cannot have UTC and Suitcase Fusion co-existing on the same machine; you must remove UTC before installing Suitcase Fusion, or the type core will not start properly. To uninstall UTC, see Uninstalling Universal Type Client. Once completed, you can install Suitcase Fusion.

  1. Open Suitcase Fusion
  2. Select your TeamSync shared library in the Libraries pane
  3. Select the Collected Fonts folder and drag it into the TeamSync shared library

Suitcase will create a set called “Collected Fonts” and add the fonts to TeamSync. After the fonts have been added, you can delete the Collected Fonts set.

Adding font sets to Suitcase TeamSync

  1. Select your TeamSync shared library in the Libraries pane
  2. Go to the Collected Sets folder you created before
  3. Within the Collected Fonts subfolder, select your set folder(s) and drag into the TeamSync shared library

Suitcase will create a set with the same name as the folder and add the fonts to TeamSync. If the font already exists in the library, Suitcase will not add another copy but it will still add the font to the set.

Migrating users from Universal Type Server to Suitcase TeamSync

Users are added to TeamSync by managing the product from the Extensis website. For more information, see the Users section of the Suitcase TeamSync documentation: http://helpdocs.extensis.com/en/suitcase-fusion/teamsync/Content/users.htm

 

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