Tip #1 - The Extensis Font Panel - For Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
Did you know that Connect Fonts can save you several hours every month by making all your fonts available in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop?
Using the Extensis Font Panel means there’s NO need to activate fonts in Connect Fonts or even have the Connect Fonts application window open. This will save time and keep your creativity focused on the project at hand.
Watch this 2 minute video for a time saving tip:
Using the Extensis font panels in Adobe Creative Cloud applications
Tip #2 - Cloud Libraries
Cloud Libraries are the fastest and easiest way our users can synchronize and share their fonts between their computers at home or in the office. No more hassles of copying or transferring fonts between your machines.
- Would you like to have your fonts available on any of your personal computers?
- Did you recently purchase or switch to a new computer?
- Did you recently update or upgrade your operating system?
- Worried about losing the organization or font collections you have maintained over the last several decades?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Cloud Libraries can assist with synchronizing your fonts to the Extensis cloud. Watch this two minute video on how Extensis can help:
Setting up Cloud Libraries in Connect Fonts
Tip #3 - Document Tracking
Did you ever wonder if you have the right fonts available before you even open your project?
Connect Fonts’s Document Tracking can show what fonts were used in your project before you even open it. Connect Fonts allows you to organize and see your projects by each creative application. And Connect Fonts gives you the ability to upload fonts and your project by simply dragging and dropping a folder of your project right into Connect Fonts' main panel.
Connect Fonts' Document Tracking works with several Creative applications such as:
Adobe Creative Cloud, Affinity's Design Suite, and Sketch.
Watch this two minute video and see how Extensis helps thousands of our customers save time:
Using document font tracking in Connect Fonts
Tip #4 - Smart Search
Did you know that Connect Fonts has several way to search through your fonts?
Don’t limit yourself to just the quick-search of Connect Fonts. Try one of the built-in Smart Search sets to get started. These pre-created Smart Sets can help you see which fonts are Active, Auto-Activated, Duplicated and more.
Want to save more time? Create your own smart set to see specific font face, styles, and more. Go on. Create one! Use the link below to see how:
Tip #5 - Applications Sets
Connect Fonts already saves our customers hundreds of hours each year by auto-activating fonts in creative applications such as Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Sketch. But did you know that Connect Fonts can also automatically activate fonts in applications such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Apple Pages, or Keynote?
Use Connect Fonts' power to create Application Sets. Organize and activate your favorite fonts simply by launching an application of your choice.
Save even more time by creating Application Sets for your favorite applications today: