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5 total messages Started by speedymcbean Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:05

#1538

Author: speedymcbean
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:05

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I am looking at purchasing a font manager and was wanting some input.

I am using Windows XP and working in InDesign CS2, Photoshop, Ill... I have been looking at a few programs and was wondering if anyone has any beefs with any of them:

FontExpert
Typograf
Maintype

I have also been looking into setting up server based font management, via Font Reserve Server.

I would like to know pros and cons of each program.

Thanks,
Isaac

Re: font management

#1539

Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:31

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speedy,

This subject has been covered for XP. Have you already done a search in this forum?

Neil

Re: font management

#1540

Author: speedymcbean
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:55

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I had searched and found some references from older posts, but not exactly what I was looking for. I was wanting some up to date info. since these programs have been updated recently.

Re: font management

#1541

Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:48

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speedy,

As I work primarily on Macintoshes, I'm not the best for recommending the best font manager for Windows machines. However, a font manager is blind to specific apps. It just provides managed font access to them -- the apps you cite should pose no problems.

Suitcase has not had glowing reviews on the Mac side -- in lieu of an update to the sorely missed ATM Deluxe, we seem to prefer Font Agent Pro, which offers a Windows solution as a free downloadable beta at this time. <http://www.fontagentpro.com>. But their server solution appears to be Mac only.

Neil

Re: font management

#1542

Author: Matthew Silverstein
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:39

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On Wednesday, February 14, 2007, speedymcbean@adobeforums.com wrote:

> I am looking at purchasing a font manager and was wanting some input. 
> 
> I am using Windows XP and working in InDesign CS2, Photoshop, Ill... I
> have been looking at a few programs and was wondering if anyone has any
> beefs with any of them: 

Extensis is about to release a long overdue update of Suitcase for Windows.
It should be worth the wait.

Matty

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