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By: Kenzie

Kenzie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:05:09 +0000

Thank you so very much for this discussion about Bitstream Font Navigator.

I’m setting up my new Win 7 machine and Bitstream Font Navigator ver. 2 (which shipped with Word Perfect) would not allow me to install fonts. I couldn’t find version 3, which I have somewhere on another machine.

I downloaded Corel Draw trial version from the link you provided in this thread and the auto-installer allowed me to choose what I wanted to install ( Bitstream Font Navigator only) AND it’s Verson 6.0!

It’s slick and it works fine with my WIN 7 machine. It allows me to install and un-install fonts.

I’d looked all day for an answer to the problem I was having and finally asked Google the right question and came up with your page. Thanks so very much.

I just wanted to let you know that you made a difference!!

By: dogbone

dogbone — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:39:51 +0000

a thousand blessings to you, I’ve been searching for this fix for years. It works!!!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:27:42 +0000

Hi, I can see I’m a long way behind the other posters here but thanks for your information on Bitstream Font Navigator. I tried the instructions a long way into the comments to extract just the Font Navigator bit but I’m afraid it hasn’t worked. I wondered if you’d be able to do as you had for others who posted here, and send the file to my email please?

PS, I see you’re fractal lover too. I’ve tinkered with fractal art programs for years.

By: mo

mo — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:56:38 +0000

i should always do a search on your blog before going to google haha

By: Deborah Taylor-Pearce

Deborah Taylor-Pearce — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:41:19 +0000

As a long time CorelDRAW user, I’ve been using Bitstream Font Navigator for many years, and was thrilled when support for OpenType fonts was added. However, BT Font Navigator still doesn’t work perfectly (at least, not on my system).

I’m running Font Navigator version 5.0.0, build 108, which is the version that shipped with CorelDRAW 12 and CorelDRAW X3 (and I’ve since updated my Corel Suite X3 — which is what I run at the moment — to Service Pack 2, version 13.0.0, build 739).

So I should have the latest version of Font Navigator on my system.

The only problem I’ve encountered with managing OT fonts is that I can’t delete them from a font suitcase (aka font group). I can delete TT and T1 fonts just fine, but the only way I know to delete an OT font from one of my font groups is to delete the entire font group, and build it anew, without the unwanted OT fonts.

I’m in the throes of upgrading my OS from Windows 2000 to Windows XP, reinstalling Font Navigator 5, encountering the exact same problems with deleting OT fonts from a font group, and looking for a better solution.

My present work-around is tedious, and since so many others are raving about Font Navigator, I’m wondering if I’m the only one having this problem???

By: Annonymous

Annonymous — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:48:21 +0000

Very impressed with the instructions to get Bitstream Font Navigator working without going through the installation process for CorelDraw.

Fantastic stuff, as I have wanted to have this program working like this for ages.

Many thanks.

By: Inquietanti Assonanze at jtheo 2.0

Inquietanti Assonanze at jtheo 2.0 — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:11:39 +0000

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By: Greg Fishback

Greg Fishback — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:13:31 +0000

FYI Font Navigator IS available for purchase from Bitstream. Here is a reply to an email I sent yesterday:

"Although it is not currently advertised on our website, you can purchase a single-user copy of Font Navigator 5.0 (the most current version) for $49.95. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of further assistance. If you would like to call and place an order, the toll-free number for the Bitstream Retail Sales Department is 1-800-522-3668."

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» fond of fonts Recommended: blogs, websites, tools, software, opinions — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:33:31 +0000

[...] Bitstream Font Navigator 5 This is merely a weblog entry about this guy’s favorite Font Manager. Apparently it’s a bit complicated to get hold of this program, unless you already have Corel Draw installed. If not you’ll need to d/l a trial version, which comes with a free version of Bitstream Font Navigator 5. [...]

By: katharine

katharine — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:21:33 +0000

Thank you so much for explaining what was going on! I was going through the same thing with wanting to use FN but being frustrated by the lack of Open Type Support. I was trying to find the latest version of it, and luckily stumbled across this article, which explained it all.

And also thanks tebo for uploading the files!!