UPDATED AUGUST 30, 2022
We have updated the login credentials for the Extensis Universal Type Client v7.0.12 in the College of Art and Design for Fall 2022. We will have a roughly two-week transition period beginning today where the old usernames and passwords work while we get the word out. The old username and password will expire on Friday, September 16, 2022.
Users will be able to access the same set of fonts they had access to with the previous usernames until that time.
All workstations in the College of Art and Design have access to Extensis Universal Type Server to manage your fonts. This will provide an easy interface to use your own fonts on the CAD workstations as well as access a rich library of typefaces.
Download the PDF with the login information here.
Access to RIT Brand Fonts
If you are a faculty member looking to access the RIT brand fonts, please contact Kelly Sorensen (kdspgd@rit.edu). We currently have a limited number of licenses available for official use, so we are unfortunately unable to give access to them to the community at large.
USING UNIVERSAL TYPE CLIENT
You must have a little patience when first logging into the font server. It will be downloading a few hundred to a few thousand fonts the first time you log in. If you close or quit the client while it is synchronizing with the server, you run the risk of damaging the local data- base. The initial sync should only take a few minutes.
Figure 1: The UTC interface.
ACTIVATING FONTS
Click on the Universal Type Client [UTC] Icon in the dock or find it in your Applications folder.
Follow the steps on the reverse side of this sheet to connect to the server.
To activate a font, click on the name of the font you want to use and click either the Permanent or Temporary buttons at the top of the window. Acti- vated fonts will have either a green (permanent) or a blue (temporary) circle next to them. (FIGURE 1)
To deactivate a font, simply click the name of the font and then click the Deactivate icon at the top.(FIGURE 1).
FONT WORKGROUPS
Each school has access to different font sets (called workgroups) based on different usernames. Users are also able to manage/activate their Adobe Typekit fonts (based on their individual Adobe Login).
ADDING YOUR OWN FONTS
If your file requires a font that is not available on the computer, you can create a new font set for your project.
Move all of your fonts into a folder on the hard- drive, and name the folder with a unique name.
Drag the folder into the Local Personal Work- group section of the UTC window. This will add your fonts to the database. Follow the steps above to activate those fonts.
Note: These fonts will only be on the specific worksta- tion you are working on until 1am each night, and they will only be accessible to your RIT username on the workstation you used to activate them.
Due to the nature of server-based fonts on our lab model, you will have to follow this procedure the first time you log into a workstation each day.
LOGGING INTO THE SERVER
Launch the Universal Type Client (the icon can be seen in the top header of this document).
The Connect to Server dialogue box will pop onto your screen (FIGURE 2). The username and pass- word will differ in each school, but the Server and Port info will remain the same:
Server: cad-fonts.rit.edu
Port: 8080
Username // Password
**USERNAMES/PASSWORDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
PLEASE BE PATIENT! With this font server, the client must synchronize all the fonts before you can use them. There are as many as 2448 individual fonts that will be downloaded, and while it does not take more than a few minutes, there can be major problems if you quit or close the client application mid-synchronization (i.e. a corrupted font database).
Once synchronization is done, you may then pro- ceed to activate fonts.
Figure 2: The UTC Connect to Server interface.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Create new Local Sets
(Local Personal Workgroup only)
• Add local fonts to Local Personal Workgroup • Override System Fonts (Mac)
MAC VS PC FONT SETS
We have tried to replicate identical sets for both Mac and PC, but there are some gaps. You may find subtle differences within font families on between the two operating systems.
TO LEARN MORE:
SPECIAL NOTES:
At this time, collect for output from UTC is disabled. Make a PDF with embedded fonts for output whenever possible.
When adding your own fonts, ALWAYS drag them to the desktop before adding them to your Local Personal Workgroup. UTC copies the font file to a local, hidden cache for the duration of your login. Failure to do so may lead to problems ejecting your discs or media.
Due to license count restrictions, we are currently unable to offer students home-use rights for fonts or home access through UTC.