Insider Software: FontAgent Pro Plus (Mac) and FontAgent Pro 4 for Windows XP and Viista- manages fonts and eliminates font problems with an excellent preview of fonts 5. Extensis: Font Doctor (Mac/PC) - repairs font problems and converts fonts cross-platform 4.
Extensis: Suitcase Fusion for Mac – this combines Suitcase and Font Reserve and includes auto activation of fontsģ. Extensis: Suitcase Fusion for Windows - for activating/deactivating and eliminating font conflicts 2. 3rd party font management programs for purchase: 1. Macintosh OS X: comes with a free font management tool called Font Book - improved in the Leopard operating system B. Locate missing fonts (PostScript pairs) 3. Find and sort fonts (foundry, classification) C. Convert Mac fonts to Windows and vice-versa 5. When you start an application and open that document, the font automatically activates 4. You have since deactivated that font because you don’t use it frequently c. You open a document saved 6 months ago that used the font. Create font sets for project/clients so that you can turn on and turn off groups of fonts in a single action (the sets are actually links and don’t make duplicates) 3. WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) preview (monitor and print) 2. Deactivate fonts without removing them from Font folders - you just click on a button B. Font management programs act as a “go between” between your OS and the applications you use (Word, Excel, Illustrator, InDesign)ģ. Store fonts anywhere on your computer - you don’t need to use the programs on the Fonts folders and some 3rd party programs create a vault where all your same computer! fonts can be storedġ. It’s easy Don’t ever use two different font management 2. Why use a 3rd party font management program? A.