Move and Copy

To reorganize your font collection, you need to be able to move and copy fonts. This is extremely easy in MainType and can be accomplished in several ways.

Move or Copy Fonts with Cut, Copy and Paste

Select one or more fonts and then use one of the Cut or Copy options:

Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+C (copy), Ctrl+X (cut)

Edit menu: Copy, Cut

Context menu (right-click in fonts pane): Copy, Cut

Standard toolbar buttons: Copy, Cut

Now go to the browse or groups tab and select one of the Paste options:

Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+V

Edit menu: Paste

Context menu (right-click in fonts pane): Paste

Standard toolbar button: Paste

Move or Copy Fonts to Folder

Select one or more fonts and then use one of the Move or Copy to Folder options:

Edit menu: Move to Folder, Copy to Folder

Context menu (right-click in fonts pane): Copy, Cut

Standard toolbar buttons: Move to Folder, Copy to Folder

Move or Copy Fonts with Drag and Drop

Select one or more fonts and drag them onto another group or browse folder. During the drag and drop operation hold down the CTRL key to copy the selected fonts or hold down the SHIFT key to move the font selection. You can even drag and drop between MainType and other applications that fully support drag and drop (like Windows explorer).