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HarajukuChic Fashion Plate (300)	# Posted: 27 May 2008 23:33 what's a good font manager. i use to love font thing... really loved it. i need something new... what's a good manager that lets you view fonts, create collections, and install and uninstall w/ a click of a button. similar to font thing. Thanks!!
cayla73 Favorite SISter (9113)	# Posted: 28 May 2008 23:35 this sounds like a good thing to have! sadly I don't use a font manager. I'll keep my eye on this thread though....
Krista Haute SISter (946)	# Posted: 28 May 2008 23:42 i've never really understood what a font manager is for i just type my text, highlight it and then scroll thru all my fonts to find one i want to use how does a font manager help doing that?
HarajukuChic Fashion Plate (300)	# Posted: 29 May 2008 01:01 a font manager does let you look at your fonts. similar to what you're saying.. but there are a few more good things for it. For example I believe if you have more than 500 fonts installed it really slows your computer. So a font manager allows you to review your fonts w/o having them installed. With the font thing I could create collections for each project. So, i may have several projects going at once, instead of installing all of the fonts every time. I can install and uninstall by the project I'm working on. The collection thing really has a lot of advantages.
Krista Haute SISter (946)	# Posted: 29 May 2008 01:20 hmm. i've got a lot of fonts but i don't think there are that many might be nice to keep the ones i use a lot on my system with all the others in a font manager. that would give me more space and possible run faster. is that right?
HarajukuChic Fashion Plate (300)	# Posted: 29 May 2008 01:54 well if you don't have over 500 you may not be feeling an impact. But from what I've been reading and understanding yes it would help. I just like the organizational capabilities of a font manager. I've actually been reviewing and reading up and it looks like for open source the Font thing is still recommended. But there's a paid program called Font Agent. I think though before I invest I'd turn to the LinoType Font manager, I guess when it's rereleased. But, that's the recent research I have done the last few days.
milkcan SISter Elle (1945)	# Posted: 29 May 2008 01:54 This probably doesn't help you, but there's a great online browser that detects the fonts in your system so that you can see them all. But it doesn't do the installing/uninstalling stuff....