Substitute fonts


You can use PANOSE font matching to access a list of fonts that can be used as substitutes for fonts used in a document but not found on your computer. When you open a file containing uninstalled fonts that can be found in online libraries, you can choose to automatically substitute a missing font with a remote font.

You can set options for font matching. You can use font matching in text only or in both text and text styles. You can also turn off font matching. When you substitute fonts without PANOSE font matching, you can accept the default substitute font, or you can choose any available font as a substitute.

You can apply the substitution temporarily or permanently.

You can build a list of exceptions to font substitutions. Exceptions override the font substitutions recommended by the PANOSE font-matching feature. A list of exceptions can be useful when you share drawings and documents across platforms, because sometimes the same font is spelled differently on each platform.

To set options for font matching

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1 Click CorelDRAW menu Preferences CorelDRAW.
2 In the left pane of the dialog box that appears, click Text.
3 Click Fonts.
4 Click PANOSE font matching.
5 In the PANOSE font matching preferences dialog box, enable one of the following options:
• Text — lets you choose font substitutions for text in the document and applies default font substitutions for text styles
• Text and styles — lets you choose font substitutions for text in the document and for text styles
• Never show — applies default font substitutions for text in the document and for text styles

To check online libraries for missing fonts

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1 Click CorelDRAW menu Preferences CorelDRAW.
2 In the left pane of the dialog box that appears, click Text.
3 Click Fonts.
4 Enable the Enable remote fonts check box.

To use PANOSE font matching

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1 Open or import a document.
If the document contains missing or unsupported fonts, the Fonts Not Available dialog box opens.
The name of the missing or unsupported font appears in the Original font list, and the recommended substitute appears in the Substituted font list.
2 In the Substitution method area, enable the Use the PANOSE suggested match option.
3 Enable one of the following options:
• Permanent - keep these fonts — applies the replacement fonts permanently. When you save and reopen the file, the new fonts are used.
• Temporary - use original fonts — replaces the missing or unsupported fonts with the substitution fonts only in the current session

To substitute a missing or unsupported font

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1 Open or import a document.
If the document contains missing or unsupported fonts, the Fonts Not Available dialog box opens.
2 Click a font in the Original font list.
3 Enable the Substitute font with option.
4 In the Substitution method area, enable the Substitute font with option, click the Font list dropdown arrow, and choose a font.
To change which fonts appear in the list, enable one of the following options in the Replacement options area:
• Show fonts in the same code page as missing font — displays only fonts that support the code page of the active document
• Show all fonts — displays all available fonts you can choose from
5 Enable one of the following options:
• Permanent - keep these fonts — applies the replacement fonts permanently. When you save and reopen the file, the new fonts are used.
• Temporary - use original fonts — replaces the missing or unsupported fonts with the substitution fonts only in the current session

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To save font substitutions for future use, enable the Save this exception for future font matching check box in the Replacement options area. When a document contains the same missing fonts, the saved mappings appear automatically in the Fonts Not Available dialog box, so you don't need to remap them manually.

To substitute multiple missing or unsupported fonts with a single font, hold down Shift and select the fonts in the Original font list first.

To build a list of exceptions to font substitutions

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1 Click CorelDRAW menu Preferences CorelDRAW.
2 In the left pane of the dialog box that appears, click Text.
3 Click Fonts.
4 Click PANOSE font matching.
5 In the PANOSE font matching preferences dialog box, click Exceptions.
6 In the PANOSE font matching exceptions dialog box, type the name of the missing font in the Missing font box.
7 Choose a font that is installed on your computer from the Substituted font list box.
8 Click Add Exception.

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