Enio Cordoba

Q: Any chance to use Live Type

Hi

I used to edit my own stuff since the early G3 days. I started with Prismo Graphics India and then upgraded to Live Type. I have a quick project to do and never bothered to install Motion (nor do I want to have to learn it) Live type 2.1.3 opens in El Capitan and seems to work except for one thing I cannot click on the install fonts button as it is greyed out. Can anyone suggest a workaround

Thanks

Enio

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11), 2.8 QUAD CORE, ssd boot drive

Posted on Apr 6, 2016 3:17 PM

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  • by fox_m,Solvedanswer

    fox_m fox_m Apr 12, 2016 5:16 PM in response to Enio Cordoba
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    Apr 12, 2016 5:16 PM in response to Enio Cordoba

    If your template used Live Fonts, you're hosed. Live Fonts don't work in El Capitan and they've been removed from Motion since the introduction of Motion 5. Motion 4 is also dead (you can't even launch it - it has the ⃠ symbol emblazoned on its icon) so you cannot even load up the livetype project in motion and run it. I think it's been over seven years since LiveType was discontinued... Motion is your next best bet. (It's also orders of magnitude easier to use than LiveType... but you still don't get LiveFonts.)

     

    Do you still have access to an older Mac? Running Mavericks (maybe Mountain Lion) or older?

  • by BenB,Helpful

    BenB BenB Apr 12, 2016 5:19 PM in response to Enio Cordoba
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    Apr 12, 2016 5:19 PM in response to Enio Cordoba

    Learn Motion, you'll have more power, and get through things faster, and it is pretty easy to learn.  Live Type, well, it's dead, best of luck.

  • by Enio Cordoba,

    Enio Cordoba Enio Cordoba Apr 12, 2016 5:18 PM in response to fox_m
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    Apr 12, 2016 5:18 PM in response to fox_m

    Thank goodness I had a Mac Pro I hadn't updated and a G5 still laying around. Trusty Macs that they are they both booted and was good to go. Yeah I just hate having to pay for an update on Motion when I never used the one I had. Plus I was facing a deadline and din't have time to learn a new interface