Groups folders and fonts dont show up in Maintype 2.1

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richters
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Groups folders and fonts dont show up in Maintype 2.1

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I'm using MainType 2.1 and after a system restore of Windows 7, my Groups folder was totally empty (0/0).
I noticed that the folder was not empty, all sub folders and fonts were there, they just don't show up in MainType.

Things i tried: Reinstalling it, deleting the font folder, assigning a different folder for the fonts, installing a newer version of MainType (groups worked in the new version) uninstalled it and reinstalled my own version, but none worked.

I can make new Groups and name them, but after the OK they don't show up in the Groups screen, the do appear in the actual Font folder.

Hope somebody can help me fix this.
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Re: Groups folders and fonts dont show up in Maintype

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We have never heard about this issue before.

What happens when you add fonts to the groups folder through MainType?
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Re: Groups folders and fonts dont show up in Maintype

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Thanks for the quick reply!

When i click "New" within Groups, i can fill in a group name, but nothing shows when i click "OK".
(but it does make a folder with the given name on my computer)
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Re: Groups folders and fonts dont show up in Maintype

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I think i corrected it, so it seems... I went to View > Layout, and selected an other layout.
Now i can view all my groups again! Don't understand how or why my groups disappeared, and didn't return after a reinstall?
But the layout thing did the trick! I'm happy again.

Thanx for the quick reply Erwin Denissen!
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Re: Groups folders and fonts dont show up in Maintype

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It looks like you had accidentally hidden the groups list.

As you already found out, you can restore to the default layout (CTRL-1). You can also choose another layout by selecting Layout from the View menu.
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