FontAgent Server Manager

Tag Fonts on FontAgent Server

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    In addition to glyph outlines, font files contain metrics like weight and slant, as well as metadata that details descriptive information like foundry and designer. But fonts don’t contain subjective information such as:

    • Visual characteristics
    • Font classifications
    • Typical uses of the font
    • Projects in which the font is used
    • Licensing details

    Tags are a great way to describe your fonts and go way beyond the metrics and metadata contained in font files. The keyword search terms used on font vendor sites are good examples of qualitative terms used by everyday users to describe their fonts.

    Using the Tags Panel

    To manage server tags, you must first launch FontAgent® Server Manager. You must also have been granted permissions to administer the server.

    To manage the tags on FontAgent Server, follow these steps:

    1. Click the Tags tab in the Sidebar. A list of server sets appear in the top pane of the Server Manager.
    2. Select the tag to be modified from the list of server sets. You can use the Filter Tags field at the top-right of the pane to help find the right set.
    3. The selected tag’s details appear in the bottom pane of the Server Manager.

    Modifying Tag Info

    To edit the a tag, follow these steps:

    1. Click the Info tab.
    2. Edit the Tag Value.
    3. Click the Save button at the top of the Info panel.

    FontAgent Server distributes the modified set details to users of the set the next time they sync with the server.

    Adding Tags to a Font

    To add fonts residing on the server to a server set, follow these steps:

    1. Click the Fonts tab in the bottom pane.
    2. Click the Add Fonts button and the Add Fonts dialog appears.
    3. Check the font(s) that you wish to tag. You can use the Filter Fonts field to find the right fonts.
    4. Click the Save button.

    FontAgent Server distributes the tag info to users of the modified set the next time they sync with the server.

    Removing a Tag from a Font

    To remove a font from a server set, follow these steps:

    1. Click the Fonts tab.
    2. Locate the font you wish to remove visually or by using the Filter Fonts field at the top of the pane.
    3. Click the Remove button to the right of the font’s name and the tag is immediately removed from the font.

    FontAgent Server takes back the newly removed tags from users of the font the next time they sync with the server.

    Tagging Fonts in FontAgent Clients

    To learn more about using the FontAgent client interface to tags fonts, click here.

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