User Interface: Font Management

The following are the options for displaying information about the fonts available in Loftware Enterprise SP, installing additional fonts, and deleting fonts.

Command Buttons

Option

Description

Add Fonts

Install all fonts in the folder for which you specify a path. The following syntax must be used for the path.

Best Practice

For ease of installation, it is recommended that you copy the fonts that you want to install into a temporary folder on the Loftware Application Server. Only put fonts that you want to install in Loftware Enterprise SP in that folder.

Path Description

Path Examples

Folder on the Loftware Application Server with a path such as C:\Folder\Fonts on Windows Server

Windows: C:/Folder/Fonts

Linux: folder/fonts

The folder must be hosted on the Loftware Application Server. Do not include a trailing slash.

Folder available via public UNC path such as \\Server\SharedFolder\Fonts on Windows Server

Windows: Server/SharedFolder/Fonts

Linux: server/sharedfolder/fonts

Credentials must not be required to access this folder. Do not include a trailing slash.

Important! The computer where the folder is located and the Loftware Application Server must be operating in a domain environment. Connections among workgroups are not supported.

Note: All fonts that are in the folder will be installed. It is recommended that you only install fonts that your organization intends for use in Loftware Enterprise SP.

Delete Fonts

Remove the selected font or fonts for use in Loftware Enterprise SP.

Note: Only fonts that were installed by an administrator after the installation of Loftware Enterprise SP and are not native fonts can be selected for deletion.

Use on Form

Make the selected font or fonts available for use on a form in Application Design .

Do Not Use on Form

Remove the selected font or fonts from being available for use on a form in Application Design .

Refresh List

Refresh the list of fonts shown so that you can confirm that fonts that you have installed or deleted have been added to or removed from the list as appropriate.

Export CSV

Save the table of information about fonts available in Loftware Enterprise SP as a comma-separated values file, which can be displayed in a spreadsheet application. All currently installed fonts are included, regardless of any filters applied and regardless of whether the fonts were installed during the installation of Loftware Enterprise SP or afterward.

Font Filters

The following filters restrict which fonts are displayed in the table depending upon their properties.

Important! These filters can interact with each other.

Filter Group	Description	Values
Global Filter	Enter text in the field by which to search. The list of fonts changes to match your search.	Alphanumeric characters
Category	In the list of fonts, whether to display custom fonts installed by an administrator, fonts installed during the installation of Loftware Enterprise SP, driver-specific fonts, or all fonts.	All: All fonts. Installed: TrueType fonts, TrueType font collections, and OpenType fonts that were installed by an administrator after the installation of Loftware Enterprise SP. Native: Driver-specific fonts. System: TrueType fonts, TrueType font collections, and OpenType fonts that were installed automatically during the installation of Loftware Enterprise SP.
Font Type	The type of font to display in the list.	All DPL Datamax-O'Neil Programming Language, a printer control language. IPL Intermec Printer Language, a printer control language. OTF OpenType font TTC TrueType font collection TTF TrueType font ZPL II Zebra Programming Language II, a printer control language. ESCLabel Epson ESC/Label, a printer control language.

Filter Group

Description

Values

Global Filter

Enter text in the field by which to search. The list of fonts changes to match your search.

Alphanumeric characters

Font Properties

Option	Description	Values
Category	The category of the font.	Installed: TrueType fonts, TrueType font collections, and OpenType fonts that were installed by an administrator after the installation of Loftware Enterprise SP. Native: Driver-specific fonts that were installed automatically during the installation of Loftware Enterprise SP. System: TrueType fonts, TrueType font collections, and OpenType fonts that were installed automatically during the installation of Loftware Enterprise SP.
Font Family	The name of the font family.	Font family name
Font Type	The type of font. More specific than the category, the font type indicates whether the font is a TrueType font, an OpenType font, or a font related to a specific printer control language.	All DPL Datamax-O'Neil Programming Language, a printer control language. IPL Intermec Printer Language, a printer control language. OTF OpenType font TTC TrueType font collection TTF TrueType font ZPL II Zebra Programming Language II, a printer control language. ESCLabel Epson ESC/Label, a printer control language.
Usage	The object or objects with the font available for use.	Label: Font can be used in a label template in Label Design . Form: Font can be used in a form Application Design . Label, Form: Font can be used in both a label template and a form.
Supported Weights and Postures	The combinations of posture and weight supported by the font.	Regular: Regular weight and posture Bold: Bold weight and regular posture Italic: Regular weight and italic posture Bold Italic: Bold weight and italic posture