I inadvertently changed a setting somewhere on my computer and now Ventura
10 takes between 30 and 50 seconds to start. Before that change, Ventura
would start and open a document in about 15-15 seconds.
I think it has something to do with the font loading because I recall
installing more fonts (or shortcuts to them) in my Fonts folder. I did that
to avoid Acrobat 6 from substituting fonts while making PDFs.
If I go to the Fonts folder in my Control Panel, I see 513 font files as
follows:
99 shortcuts to T1 fonts
123 shortcuts to TTF or OT files
maybe 10 actual T1 files
the rest are actual TT and OT files.
If I look directly in c:/windows/fonts, I show 472 files.
Might this be causing my slow-load problem might be? Is that an excessive
number of files?
None of my other applications (Office, Photoshop, Acrobat 6, CorelDraw) are
affected, just Ventura. And the computer doesn't take any longer to boot up,
either. At least not that I can recall (I only boot up once or twice a
month.)
Any ideas?
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Clayton, that could be the issue. The easy way to test, of course, is to
uninstall a few fonts.
Here's some pertinent info from the FAQ:
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Here's Gabor Deak Jahn's prescription for managing fonts on Win2K/XP. While
other methods are equally valid, this provides a good starting point for the
uninitiated.
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1. Create a directory for your fonts (could be \psfonts or a structure like
\Fonts\T1, \Fonts\OTF and \Fonts\TTF).
2. Copy all the TTF fonts from \WinNT\Fonts to the new directory. [Note: the
source directory is hidden, you either have to enable its display or use a
decent file management program like Windows Commander or PowerDesk].
3. Copy all your T1 and OTF fonts you want to use from whatever source you have.
(There is no need for a separate PFM directory, but it doesn't hurt to have one
either).
4. Open Control Panel|Fonts and delete all fonts (some will remain there,
protected by the system, leave them alone).
5. Delete all TTF files from the \WinNT\Fonts directory (again, some cannot be
deleted, leave them).
6. Use Control Panel|Fonts|File|Install New Font to install the fonts from your
directory structure. Make sure "Copy fonts to Fonts folder" is
switched off when installing fonts (the setting doesn't stick, you have to
switch it off manually every time).
7. From now on, check regularly that no font was automatically added to
\WinNT\Fonts (many program setups do this without asking the user). If you need
the font that was installed there, use the previous procedure to install it
correctly. If not, just delete it.
8. If you need font management (i.e., grouping fonts into sets, activation,
deactivation, etc.) use Font Navigator. If you can live with all fonts active
all the time (there is no performance penalty on Win2K/XP, you can have
thousands of fonts without any problem), leave it as it is. Don't install any
version of ATM unless you desperately need Multiple Master fonts and in that
case, only the ATM 4.1 supporting Win2000 and XP.
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Also, here's some V10-specific info that affects things:
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When you click on the standard V10 shortcut created by the installer, sometimes
it invokes the installer and may insist on having you insert the CD before the
program will run. This happens when the program senses that one or more of its
required components are missing.
One of the things that can cause this is if the TT version of Copgothn.ttf (one
of the default fonts) is missing from the \WinNT\Fonts folder. The default fonts
for V10 are:
MTEXTRA.TTF
Symbolb.ttf
Symbolbi.ttf
Copgothn.ttf
You can delete MTEXTRA.TTF and the two Symbol fonts, but if Copgothn.ttf is
missing, the installer will kick in and reinstall *all* the fonts originally
selected in your V10 setup.
To make matters worse, the installer is a bit dumb and refuses to recognize
these fonts are installed if they are placed in another folder (or you have the
T1 versions installed). Many of us prefer T1 fonts and use font management
schemes that involve moving all TT fonts except those required to run Windows
from the WinNT\Fonts folder. So this behavior is annoying.
One workaround, suggested by Jim Hart, is to create a new shortcut pointing
directly to the Ventura executable (usually c:\Program
Files\Corel\Ventura10\Programs\ventura.exe). This effectively bypasses the
installer.
Keep the original shortcut to the installer as well -- just rename it something
like Ventura Installer. That way, if the program starts acting up and you think
a necessary component is missing, you can easily invoke the installer to repair
the installation.
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-- Eric
[C_TECH Volunteer]
Check out the Ventura FAQ at:
http://www.draw.nu/venturafaq/
or download a PDF copy at:
http://www.fhcomm.com/VenturaFAQ.pdf
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