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Sheila, thanks for that suggestion. Yeah, Daniel Will-Harris is a clever bloke. I really enjoy his site. (Speaking of which, I checked out yours as well: you do some lovely work ! It was a pleasure to look through, so thank you !)

Thomas, I've checked out the Extensis offerings, but I'm a bit put off by the Windows versions remaining so Mac-centric in the way they work -- "suitcases" and the like -- I'm not criticizing the Mac approach, nor saying the Windows way of handling fonts is "better" at all -- but I'm wary of using ported apps which try to do things in a way other than how the OS works. That way be trouble.

I'm wary, not wanting to get too excited by features like their auto-activation, which relies on additional plug-ins -- that reliance would seem to put the broader capabilities of the application at the mercy of ongoing trade partnerships, because if Extensis hasn't struck a deal with the developer of the app you're using (I also use CorelDRAW, for instance) to fund the development of a customised plug-in, then you're out in the cold. (And when one side of the equation changes or gets upgraded, things often just stop working. It's all getting pretty complex, eh ?!)

I couldn't find any info about it on the site, so I'd echo Herb's query: do you know what data encoded in the font is used for the auto-classification ? And whether the internal database can be expanded or amended ?