Victoria, after your post, I looked into this method more intensely.
Apparently using three different OS's at the same time, confused me a bit on this issue.
So, I took about an hour to sit down, test properly, and post my findings here.
The method I posted works for most applications using fonts on my various systems,
but it seems that we again see that Lightroom does things differently.
Also, as you will see,
it appears that Lightroom handles font in TWO different ways.
I tested this on my Dell that I use for Tethered Shooting only, running XP 32-bit,
my Sony Craptop running Vista 32-bit Ultimate AND my main computer, running Win 7 64-bit.
The programs installed on all three machines and used for this test:
- Lightroom
- Photoshop
- PaintShop Pro
- Microsoft Office 2007
- RubberStampStd.otf
- Alien Encounters.ttf
All programs and OS's up-to-date.
- The Dell Laptop for tethered shooting only:
The posted method works across the board, EXCEPT Lightroom.
In Lightroom, both the .ttf AND the .otf font show up and can be used in the Identity Plate setup.
The Lightroom Watermark setup however, does NOT recognise the fonts.
- On the Sony Craptop:
Exactly the same results as the Dell.
- On the Windows 7 64-bit computer:
It does not work at all, no way, no how, in either Identity Plate setup or the Watermark setup.
Nor does it work with any of the other programs.
I do have a font manager from a long time ago that still allows this method in all programs,
but the last update appears to have been 2004, so I don't know if one can even still purchase it,
better to go look for a more modern font manager that can load fonts on demand without installing.
I have looked, and there are some out there.
BUT, a word of warning if trying out Suitcase Fusion 3 on a Windows 7 64-bit system:
I downloaded the 30-day trial version, installed it on my nice, freshly installed Win 7 64-bit syatem,
and not only did it fail, but caused a BlueScreen, AND caused Photoshop to throw up error messages on loading,
(due to a plugin .dll not being removed by the uninstall routine).
When Googling the problems, I found that I am by far not the only one with the described problems.
Anyways, all this leads me to the following conclusion:
The ID Plate setup and Watermark setup issue is probably on Adobe and how Lightroom handles fonts.
But the issue with the described method NOT working in any program in Windows 7 64-bit,
I would guesstimate to be a
64-bit vs. 32-bit issue.
So there you have it, I'll just go ahead and shut up now, and crawl back into my corner...