Activating and Deactivating Sets
When you activate or deactivate a FontAgent® set, you activate or deactivate all the fonts in the set so they are available for use in your applications. Wherever FontAgent displays a set, it also displays an activation status switch that appears in one of the states shown below.
Activation Indicators
| ActivatedAll the fonts in the set are active and ready for use. To deactivate all the fonts in the set, click the slider. |
| DeactivatedAll the fonts in the set are inactive. To activate all the fonts in the set, click the slider. |
| Partially ActivatedSome of the fonts in the set are activated and some are not. To activate all the fonts, click the slider. To deactivate all of them, click it again. |
![]() | Shared SetThe fonts contained in the set have been shared to the cloud so other users or computers running FontAgent can use them. |
Startup Sets
System Font Activation
The Windows operating system comes with hundreds of fonts, many of which are required for Windows to run properly. As a result, when you deactivate a set containing required fonts, Windows keeps the fonts active, but hides them from appearing in Font menus in applications.