What are font suitcases?
On Mac Systems prior to Mac OS X, bitmap fonts and TrueType fonts travel inside suitcases. Suitcases can contain either: 1. a collection of bitmaps for a particular PostScript Type 1 font family OR 2. individual fonts, such as regular, italic, bold, and bold italic, of a particular TrueType font family (and sometimes bitmaps as well for that TrueType family) To determine whether a suitcase contains bitmaps or TrueType fonts, open the suitcase and look at the icons inside. The other clue is that TrueType fonts are noticeably larger than bitmaps. Always leave fonts stored inside suitcases. Although you can remove a font from a suitcase, it may not work properly outside the suitcase. On Mac OS X where fonts are organized quite differently, suitcases look more like ordinary files, the contents of which can no longer be viewed and identified in the Finder. However, the term, Font Suitcase, continues to be seen when fonts are viewed as List. Some font foundries use their own custom icons for
