FontAgent Pro vs ATM Deluxe

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7 total messages Started by Sandy_J Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:52

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Author: Sandy_J
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:52

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I know WinXP allows more active fonts than Win2000 did, but I'd like to have a huge amount of fonts installed that I can activate and deactivate. Used to use ATM Deluxe on Win2000, and still have disk. I use FontAgent Pro on the Mac at work (love it!) and I know they have a Windows version. I'd like opinions from users on which they prefer, and if ATM works properly on WinXP. I know development on ATM is dead.

Re: FontAgent Pro vs ATM Deluxe

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Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:43

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Sandy, 

      I know WinXP allows more active fonts than Win2000 did




As a Mac user, I can't answer your immediate question, but I'd like to point out that you should never be activating every font you can (Windows or Mac). It slows down your system. You increase the risk font conflicts or corrupted fonts. And it creates obscenely long font menus.

Actuate the fonts you need to use with your font manager. That's what it's there for.

Neil

Re: FontAgent Pro vs ATM Deluxe

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Author: Arnis_Gubins
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:34

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I've been using ATM Deluxe on XP Pro from day one and have no issues
with it. It works as expected. I keep my fonts organized by client
projects and active/de-activate as required. Nothing fancy, but it
does the job.

Re: FontAgent Pro vs ATM Deluxe

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Author: Sandy_J
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:28

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I always liked ATM and I have sets saved from Win2000, so reinstalling it would be easier than buying a new manager like FontAgent. I was just wondering, since it is so popular on Mac , if that was the direction the PCs were going, since ATM is out of print. I've been using XP without any font manager for 1 1/2 years now, but I don't have many fonts installed and I want that organization again.

Re: FontAgent Pro vs ATM Deluxe

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Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:11

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Unfortunately, the loss of ATM Deluxe/Mac has been a sore point for a lot of Mac users. Given our "druthers", we'd rather have ATM Deluxe back than use the alternatives.

Neil

Re: FontAgent Pro vs ATM Deluxe

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Author: Thomas_Phinney
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:44

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ATM Deluxe for Windows was also discontinued some years back. It still works okay on Windows XP *IF* you have all the patches/updates, but has issues on Windows Vista.

When either FontAgent, Suitcase or FontExplorer comes out with a Windows version that actually has feature parity with their Mac version, that might be a good time to consider switching.

Regards,

T

Re: FontAgent Pro vs ATM Deluxe

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Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:34

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Ah, but be absolutely sure it isn't an ATM 4.0 disk, or you could mess
up Windows font handling.

Aandi Inston

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