Comments on: Font Management Software Roundup

by: Gordon

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:13:49 +0000

Every Mac user that is serious about fonts should check out the excellent (and free!) Linotype FontExplorer X. The 1.0 version was finally released today, though I had been using the beta for quite awhile with no problems.

http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX

by: Foppa

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:05:03 +0000

Hi Fontgurus,
does anyone now if there is a software that can create and print preview lists with uninstalled postscript fonts.

We serveral thousand fonts thats not activated.

A software that could create fontbooks of all the fonts on a harddisk would save us a lot of time….

Thanks from a crisp and blueskye clear winter in Sweden!

/Foppa ;-)

Senior Designer & Creative Directo

by: joey

Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:40:33 +0000

i wasn’t trying to alieniate anyone, i just had no idea what mark was talking about.

by: aphrospice

Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:35:37 +0000

I dont think alienating Mac users is the way to go here.

We all know that monopolies manufacturing on the cheap isnt always the best. Lets just get over that fact and behave like civil human beings.

by: forrest

Fri, 06 May 2005 12:42:03 +0000

What I’d really like is a font-viewing program that not only allowed me to view uninstalled fonts, but allowed me to do so without crashing every third time I tried to use it.

by: forrest

Fri, 06 May 2005 12:40:54 +0000

I think that FontAgent Pro is the best thing out there, but it’s not perfect. It deserves singling out for being pretty much the only font-management solution for Mac OS X that’s in active development. Extensis doesn’t look like it had any of its products ready for Tiger’s launch, and hasn’t done anything with either Suitcase or Font Reserve in quite a while. Meanwhile, FontAgent Pro continues to improve, while still being the most usable thing out there.

by: Stephen

Fri, 06 May 2005 09:00:07 +0000

I haven’t tried it yet, but Typecast looks nifty for pure font viewing on OS X Tiger.

by: KJ

Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:23:36 +0000

For PC users, I *really* like OT1, which supports open type, type 1, and truetype. Find it at http://www.ot1fontmanager.com/en/

It’s got a fast, customizable display, supports font sets, and performs reliably and quickly. If FontHit can match it, it’s worthwhile looking into. But don’t miss trying out OT1.

by: eyolf

Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:03:00 +0000

Yes, I found that function, but I still think it’s cumbersome to have to open a separate window, resize that, drag the various open windows around, etc, when all I want is to see a short text sample in different fonts…
That said, I’m beginning to like it more and more. Thanks for the tip, whoever came up with it.

by: Jeff

Thu, 14 Apr 2005 07:51:42 +0000

Crap!

…although I’m not surprised.