Suitcase Fusion 5 Recommendations For Windows XP

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Having a streamlined setup can be crucial to having a good workflow with Suitcase Fusion 5. This article will show you how to set up your system to optimally run Suitcase Fusion 5 on a Windows XP setup. It should only take about 5-10 minutes to go through.

Recommendations

Clean up your Windows Font Folder.

The “System Fonts” container in Suitcase Fusion 5 shows a list of the fonts located in the C:\Windows\Fonts folder. Now that you are using Suitcase Fusion 5, this folder should only contain essential fonts for the Windows operating system and your personal design fonts should be in the Suitcase Fusion 5 ‘Font Library’.

1. Deactivate any fonts that are active in the Suitcase Fusion 5 ‘Font Library’, and exit Suitcase Fusion 5.
2. In Suitcase, go to Edit > Preferences and switch to the Type Core tab
3. Click on “Stop Type Core…” and click on the ‘Stop Type Core’ option when prompted. This will close Suitcase.
4. Create a new folder on the Desktop and name it something similar to “Windows Fonts Backup”.
5. Right-click the Start menu and type (or paste) in C:\Windows\Fonts, then hit the Enter key. This will open up the Windows Fonts folder.
6. Press ‘Ctrl’ and ‘A’ to select all of the fonts inside the Font folder.
7. Copy all the fonts from the C:\Windows\Fonts folder and paste to the new folder created in step 4.
8. After verifying all the fonts are copied to the backup font desktop folder, select and delete all fonts in the Windows Fonts folder EXCEPT the following:
   • Arial (TrueType)
   • Arial Bold (TrueType)
   • Arial Bold Italic (TrueType)
   • Arial Italic (TrueType)
   • Courier 10,12,15 (VGA res)
   • Courier New (TrueType)
   • Courier New Bold(TrueType)
   • Courier New Bold Italic(TrueType)
   • Courier New Italic(TrueType)
   • Modern
   • MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
   • MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
   • Roman
   • Script
   • Small fonts (VGA res)
   • Symbol 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
   • Symbol (TrueType)
   • Times New Roman (TrueType)
   • Times New Roman Bold (TrueType)
   • Times New Roman Bold Italic (TrueType)
   • Times New Roman Italic (TrueType)
   • Wingdings (TrueType)

Add your fonts to Suitcase Fusion 5

Add any fonts you want to use to the Suitcase ‘Font Library’ via drag and drop. This will copy the fonts into the font vault so you can turn them on and off. You can keep your original fonts anywhere on your PC except for the C:\Windows\Fonts folder mentioned above.

Add the backup Windows fonts folder on your desktop to your Suitcase Fusion 5 ‘Font Library’ via drag and drop.  Simply click and drag the folder into the Suitcase Fusion 5 application window and drop it on the folder entitled ‘Font Library’. 

After Suitcase Fusion 5 finishes adding the backup fonts to the ‘Font Library’, restart your PC. 

Now you have a clean Windows XP system running with just the essential Windows fonts. All of your design fonts are in Suitcase Fusion 5 to turn on and off as needed.

Your computer should start faster, your design applications will run faster, and your font menus will be much shorter and easier to navigate.