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Using separate font files for font effects
Fontsnormallycomewithseparatefilesforthebold,italicandanyotherversionsofthefont.
Whenyoustyletext,Connectwillusetheappropriatefontfiletodisplaythetext,ifthatfontfileislinked
totherespectivefonteffect.
Here'showtocombineafontfilewithafonteffect.
1. Importthefilesforthebold,italicandanyotherversionsofthefontintotheFontsfolder.
Initially,importedfontsappearasseparateentriesintheFontsdrop-downonthetoolbar.They
arenotusedautomaticallywhenyoustyletext,forexampleusingtheBoldand/orItalictoolbar
button.Forthat,theyhavetobelinkedtoafonteffect.
2. OpentheFont Manager:fromthemenu,selectEdit > Fonts.
3. Combineeachofthestyledfontswithafonteffect:
a. SelectthefontandclicktheEditbutton.
b. Selecttheappropriatefonteffect(e.g.FontWeight:Bold,orFontStyle:Italic).
c. Changethenameofthestyledfont.Itshouldhavethesamenameastheregularfont.
4. ClosetheFontManager.
Style simulation
Whenitcan'tuseaseparatefontfileforaparticularfonteffect,Connectwillmimictheboldanditalic
versionsofthatfont.Thisiscalledstylesimulation.
Therearesomemajordrawbackstostylesimulation.Firstly,itisnotreliable:itdoesnotworkforall
fonts.Secondly,stylesimulationiscostlyintermsofperformance(outputiscreatedslower)andresults
inbiggerfiles.Finally,becauseoftheplainmachinetransformationofthefont,theresultwillprobably
notlookasgoodaswhenusingacarefullydesigned,properlystyled,font.
Itismuchbetter,ifyouhaveseparatefilesforthebold,italicandanyotherversionsofafont,touse
those.
Font types
TheDesignercurrentlysupports5fonttypes:TTF,OTF,WOFF,EOTandSVG.
WhencreatinganEmailtemplate,it'sbettertoimportseveraltypesofthesamefont,inorderforanycli-
enttoseetheappropriatefonts.
InthecaseofaPrintcontextyoudonotneedtoprovidealternativefonts,becausetheoutputisnotdis-
playedusingafontfromthedeviceonwhichtheoutputisread.
Applying an imported font
Onceafontisimported,itisautomaticallyaddedtotheFontsdrop-downonthetoolbar.
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