My eternal gratitude for anyone who can recommend a solution to a problem I am experiencing with the Test Font function.
First, the basics:
Program: FontCreator 6.2 Home Version, downloaded July 2011.
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
System Type: 64 bit
By default, the Test Font (TF) window activated by the Test Font button (on the Standard Toolbar:
) always appeared on top of the Font Creator program window, completely covering it. While the TF window was open, no other operations in FontCreator were allowed or even accessible; In order to return to FontCreator and resume viewing, editing, etc… I had to close the TF window first.
Two days ago, I clicked on the TF button to view a font I was working on and typed in the TF window as usual. When done, I went to click on the red “X” in the upper right window corner to close out the application, but accidently hit the “minimize” icon next to it instead. Since the TF window was still open (just minimized), clicking on any function , button, glyph, etc in the FontCreator window was impossible. Eventually, I had to hit the escape key to exit from TF mode.
Ever since, the TF window has remained minimized whenever I try to access it, and it is nowhere to be found. There’s no small minimized rectangle within the FontCreator window, on the taskbar, behind the taskbar, on my desktop, or anywhere else I can think to look. Since I can’t find the minimized TF icon, I can’t maximize it in order to use TF, or do anything else while the window is open (somewhere). The only thing I can do now after clicking on TF button is hit escape so that I can return to the FontCreator program.
I’ve tried hitting F5, alt+F5, cntl+F5, tried accessing the TF function via the “Font” menu, searched Forum Topics, and searched the net for solutions. I can’t find any kind of “reset to default” settings for FontCreator in tools or options or on the FAQ webpage. I’ve included some screen shots below to show what I see before and after the test font button is depressed:
Before:
Header Bar in FontCreator window is a deeper blue since it is active, font workspace is small but not minimized, full workspace visible, no horizontal/vertical scrollbars in FC.
After:
Header Bar in FC window is pale blue since FC is not accessible while FT window is engaged. No minimized FT icon in FC workspace or task bar. Still no scrollbars so full FC workspace is visible.
Any input about this problem is greatly appreciated. I would just uninstall FC 6.2 and then reinstall so that I could go back to default settings but I’m not sure that would really work, and I don’t know if the activation key I got when I purchased FC 6.2 is still valid. Ideas? Thank you!
