I have a design station and a full version of Gerber Composer 3.0. In addition to the Gerber fonts, which show in all caps ("HELVETICA EXT. BOLD"), we have 200+ other fonts that were downloaded and converted later. These show in lower case ("Arial Unicode") in the software. All of these fonts have been working fine, then for some reason, on the design station only, all of the fonts that were added later have dissapeared within the Gerber Composer software. They show up in Fonts on the control panel, but the Gerber software isn't seeing them. Any idea? I didn't change any settings that I know of. The computer with the full version works fine. Any ideas???
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Gerber 3.0 - The Case of the Disappearing Fonts
- Thread starter MarkH42
- Start date
Fred Weiss
Merchant Member
The only reason I can think of is that for whatever reason the GSP.ini is looking for your fonts in a different directory than it was prior to a change to your Composer install. The best way to setup your fonts is to create a common directory for them and point each installation to that directory.
Here's a link to a post that explains what to do.
Here's a link to a post that explains what to do.
just an fyi, we have our fonts on a network drive. After installation, we change the gsp.ini fonts line to point to that network folder.
If someone uninstalls composer, it will remove the fonts from the same said folder. So before any uninstallation occurs, we change the gsp.ini back to c:.
We've been bitten by that enough times that we have a local backup we can easily copy back over.
If someone uninstalls composer, it will remove the fonts from the same said folder. So before any uninstallation occurs, we change the gsp.ini back to c:.
We've been bitten by that enough times that we have a local backup we can easily copy back over.
J Hill Designs
New Member
what do you mean you cant change it? it won't save? need flexi closed probably to save it
J Hill Designs
New Member
oh yeah thats what i meant heh composer
.ini does open with notepad so no worries there
should be a line "fontdir=c:\blahblah"
.ini does open with notepad so no worries there
should be a line "fontdir=c:\blahblah"
Tony Teveris
New Member
Busy all day today - I'll "pipe in" tomorrow from work. Do not edit the gsp.ini unless you know what your doing.
Gerber fonts and TrueType/OpenType fonts converted to Gerber fonts all have a file extension of *.GSF. Gerber files all start with the letter G, converted fonts start with the letter T, and user designed fonts start with U.
Gerber fonts and TrueType/OpenType fonts converted to Gerber fonts all have a file extension of *.GSF. Gerber files all start with the letter G, converted fonts start with the letter T, and user designed fonts start with U.
Copy of gsp.ini
Here is what I see when I access gsp.ini - no font reference.
[plotters]
; list plotters (max list of 48)
; dev desc=isckey,res,x dim,y dim,dev type,data type,i/o port
;
; The device discription must be unique in the list, in other words,
; if you have two GS-15 plotters, one on com1: and the other on com2:
; they must have unique names in this list. As an example
;
; [plotters]
; GS15-1=0.002,0.00,13.25,11,2,com1:
; GS15-2=0.002,0.00,13.25,11,2,com2:
;
; The dimensions should NOT be limit to limit (bumper to bumper) as to
; avoid the device from beating itself into the wall. And REMEMBER not
; ALL devices are created EQUAL.
;
; When i/o port is set for a GSP Lan device (GSPLANn), the "n" must be
; set to the plotter's lan device address
;
; device type code: Based on Plotter/Material Height
;
; 10- 15 inch HS15
; 11- 15 inch GS15
; 12- 15 inch SuperSprint
; 13- 15 inch 4B
; 14- 15 inch Sprint
; 15- 15 inch SuperSprint with GS emulation module
; 16- 15 inch 4B with GS emulation module
; 17- 15 inch Sprint with GS emulation module
; 18- 15 inch GSX15
;
; 20- 18 inch HS18
;
; 30- 30 inch HS750
; 31- 30 inch GS750
; 32- 30 inch SuperSprint w/ HS750
; 33- 30 inch S/750 (S750 interface box)
; 38- 30 inch S/750 Sprint with GS emulation module
; 39- 30 inch S/750 4B with GS emulation module
;
; 40- 48 inch/ short y
; 41- 48 inch/ long y
; 42- Gerber Router III
;
; 50- Wild-TA30
; 51- Wild-TA30RF (with Roll Feed)
; 52- Wild-TA40
; 53- Wild-TA40RF (with Roll Feed)
; 54- Wild-TA41
; 55- Wild-TA41RF (with Roll Feed)
; 56- Zund-P1200
; 57- Zund-P1200RF (with Roll Feed)
; 60- ARISTO-AG130
; 70- Gerber Edge
;
; NOTE: this is the same code used in the *.prm files and
; the preferences file
;
; data type:
; 0 - GDS data format
; 1 - GSP HS-xx data format
; 2 - GSP GS-xx HS-xx/R data format
; 3 - HPGL data format
; 4 - Lettering Machines in GS data format
; 5 - ARTPath Router Controls in GS data format
; 6 - Gerber Edge data format
; 9 - GSI (Gerber Out) data format
;
[vinylprinters]
Here is what I see when I access gsp.ini - no font reference.
[plotters]
; list plotters (max list of 48)
; dev desc=isckey,res,x dim,y dim,dev type,data type,i/o port
;
; The device discription must be unique in the list, in other words,
; if you have two GS-15 plotters, one on com1: and the other on com2:
; they must have unique names in this list. As an example
;
; [plotters]
; GS15-1=0.002,0.00,13.25,11,2,com1:
; GS15-2=0.002,0.00,13.25,11,2,com2:
;
; The dimensions should NOT be limit to limit (bumper to bumper) as to
; avoid the device from beating itself into the wall. And REMEMBER not
; ALL devices are created EQUAL.
;
; When i/o port is set for a GSP Lan device (GSPLANn), the "n" must be
; set to the plotter's lan device address
;
; device type code: Based on Plotter/Material Height
;
; 10- 15 inch HS15
; 11- 15 inch GS15
; 12- 15 inch SuperSprint
; 13- 15 inch 4B
; 14- 15 inch Sprint
; 15- 15 inch SuperSprint with GS emulation module
; 16- 15 inch 4B with GS emulation module
; 17- 15 inch Sprint with GS emulation module
; 18- 15 inch GSX15
;
; 20- 18 inch HS18
;
; 30- 30 inch HS750
; 31- 30 inch GS750
; 32- 30 inch SuperSprint w/ HS750
; 33- 30 inch S/750 (S750 interface box)
; 38- 30 inch S/750 Sprint with GS emulation module
; 39- 30 inch S/750 4B with GS emulation module
;
; 40- 48 inch/ short y
; 41- 48 inch/ long y
; 42- Gerber Router III
;
; 50- Wild-TA30
; 51- Wild-TA30RF (with Roll Feed)
; 52- Wild-TA40
; 53- Wild-TA40RF (with Roll Feed)
; 54- Wild-TA41
; 55- Wild-TA41RF (with Roll Feed)
; 56- Zund-P1200
; 57- Zund-P1200RF (with Roll Feed)
; 60- ARISTO-AG130
; 70- Gerber Edge
;
; NOTE: this is the same code used in the *.prm files and
; the preferences file
;
; data type:
; 0 - GDS data format
; 1 - GSP HS-xx data format
; 2 - GSP GS-xx HS-xx/R data format
; 3 - HPGL data format
; 4 - Lettering Machines in GS data format
; 5 - ARTPath Router Controls in GS data format
; 6 - Gerber Edge data format
; 9 - GSI (Gerber Out) data format
;
[vinylprinters]
Tony Teveris
New Member
I think Omega 3.0 uses the system registry to save folder paths, etc
In your Omega software folder there should be an app call gspregedit.exe or something like that, again I'm at home and at 58 can't remember sxxt. Also, if you start Font Manager (from gsptray - lower right corner icon) it will point to the install font folder.
In your Omega software folder there should be an app call gspregedit.exe or something like that, again I'm at home and at 58 can't remember sxxt. Also, if you start Font Manager (from gsptray - lower right corner icon) it will point to the install font folder.
Tony Teveris
New Member
Omega 3.0 did use the registry and the application is gspregedit.exe which will show you what your folder and other registery settings are.
Did you search for the fonts or execute gspregedit ?
Did you search for the fonts or execute gspregedit ?