Fonts installed *and* loaded (different versions)?

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Fonts installed *and* loaded (different versions)?

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Hello,

I just noticed that on my system there are some fonts that are installed (and loaded) in one font version and just loaded in another version. On the MainType 4 screenshot, you can see that there are TTF and OTF versions side by side:
MainType 4: Four files that are "installed and loaded" (green symbol) and "loaded through MainType and can be unloaded" (blue symbol) at the same time in different font versions.
MainType 4: Four files that are "installed and loaded" (green symbol) and "loaded through MainType and can be unloaded" (blue symbol) at the same time in different font versions.
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That's strange enough, but then I tried to export the OTF versions only, as I couldn't find the associated font files. What I got were four TTF files with the TTF versions of the fonts, see the MainType 3 screenshot:
MainType 3: I tried to export the four OTF fonts but got the TTF fonts (rightmost column: number of characters).
MainType 3: I tried to export the four OTF fonts but got the TTF fonts (rightmost column: number of characters).
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So now I have fonts inside my MainType 4 library that I can't export. Aren't my fonts as safe as I thought? At least it's not what I expected when I read statements like
Erwin Denissen wrote:We thought the risk of accidentally deleting a font and the complex way of making backups was not worth it to go that route. [...] Now you never have to worry about where your fonts are. Also if you accidentally remove a font, you can still export it from MainType to your file system.
(viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3585&p=15651#p15651) Is there anything I can do to export the OpenType versions of the fonts?

Cheers,
Jan
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Re: Fonts installed *and* loaded (different versions)?

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It would be nice if some official from High-Logic could answer this in any way...

Thanks in advance!

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Jan
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I'll discuss this with Leon on Monday. Sorry for our lack of response. I somehow missed it.
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Erwin Denissen wrote:I'll discuss this with Leon on Monday. Sorry for our lack of response. I somehow missed it.
No problem. Thanks for your reply!

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I send you a private message. Did you read it?
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Hello Erwin!
Erwin Denissen wrote:I send you a private message. Did you read it?
Yes, I read your E-Mail, thank you very much for your proposal, and sorry for the delay - I was really busy the last days because a customer of mine had a major problem with his online shop that had to be fixed ASAP.

I'll answer your mail in a few minutes.

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We have confirmed the issue, and are looking into this. Hopefully we will have a solution soon, so we can include it in the next upcoming release.
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We fixed the issue and will include it in the upcoming release. Expect it within a couple of weeks.
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Erwin Denissen wrote:We fixed the issue and will include it in the upcoming release. Expect it within a couple of weeks.
Great, thank you very much for fixing this! I'm looking forward to the release of the fix. :)

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