I turned off Main Type while I did a major housecleaning on my font database. I wish to turn it back on and want to know I am restarting in the most efficient way. Three questions:
I assume I use “config” to find out the database name and simply delete it, and Main Type will then start from scratch, yes? (Many changes were made to the folder structure.)
With my collection now on the Cloud, it appears it will be much slower to use Main Type from my hard drive. Is it possible to re-install it directly to my Cloud drive? (Note: I purchased the Cloud drive so that I could have a stable platform for Main Type. The collections on my desktop are constantly being updated which means that Main Type is likewise constantly trying to stay caught up and not very available to me.)
I notice you list 650K files as a rough max for MT9. I have half again more files than that, roughly one million otf, ttf and T1 files. Do you have advice for me to use Main Type more efficiently at that scale?
The Comparison Chart says that the number of fonts supported by the Professional Edition is unlimited. For the Standard Edition it is limited to 10,000 fonts.
Thank you for the swift reply, Bhikkhu. For the record, I do use the 64-bit version and with a high-end graphics pack of I forget how much RAM to speed up the loading of complex fonts in Main Type. The loss of speed I am worried about is from operating desktop-to-Cloud.
That brings up the two main queries I had. Do you have guidelines for installing MT on a Cloud drive and operating it from there? Also, is there anything more to restarting MT from scratch than renaming the database file and having MT create a new one?
No, you will need to fully uninstall MainType along with the font database, and then reinstall it.
You need to keep the font database on a drive that is available at all times, so don’t use a network drive. I would also avoid cloud based storage, but feel free to give it a try.
No, that is what a customer once showed us. If you use MainType with a larger font library, then do let us know!
Thank you for the clarification, Erwin. Allow me to seek another.
I chose a Cloud drive as a way to maintain an unchanging version of my font collection and, therefore, the font database. My font collection on my computer is being added to constantly, which greatly limits the usefulness of Main Type for me as it spends the majority of time updating and unavailable to me.
Will it or will it not be possible to install a copy of Main Type on the Cloud drive so that I have the benefit of using it on a stable database? If I can, how would I go about it?
Also, I do not see an Uninstall command for Main Type nor do I find any support guidance for uninstalling. What would be the procedure?