Hey OS X People…
September 13th, 2005
If you’re looking for a good, free font manager for OS X, there is a new kid on the block. fontexplorerX is a new font manager for OS X that is quite robust and has that OS X look and feel we’ve all come to love. Featuring “smart” font lists, such as ‘last imported’ & ‘conflicts’, a nice collections browser, and a nice setup assistant that would make a grown man cry…. you can’t go wrong with this app. So far, I like it a lot better than suitcase or font book, and it’s free.
The version posted on the Linotype site is actually a release candidate, so I suppose use it with caution. Depending on who you are, the neat/bad thing about this app is that it’s plugged into the Linotype font database, so you can buy fonts directly from within the program. Beats the heck out of having to pay for a fully featured font manager or having to look at ads.
It’s obviously more full-featured than Font Book is going to be, and it really does rival (or beat) Suitcase in features and easily wins in the ease of use and aesthetics department. Check it out!
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September 13th, 2005 at 11:50 pm
Its about time they did something. FontBook is horrible, I prefer Extensis Suitcase myself. However, I got my copy from work and didnt have to pay for it, so thats nice.
September 14th, 2005 at 2:50 pm
Font Book is good if you have a couple hundred fonts and just want to do baisc font management. It’s come a long way since version 1 but it’s still not something I’d use when you’re dealing with thousands of fonts, like any designer does. It’s just too slow and lacks a lot of features that the other apps have.
After messing around with this for a day, it’s much better than Suitcase - faster (response time wise and memory usage wise) and a nicer interface to boot. I recommend you check it out.
September 14th, 2005 at 5:04 pm
2% of the internet is reading.
September 14th, 2005 at 6:42 pm
The good 2%.
September 14th, 2005 at 7:18 pm
Hooray! Im a %!
September 15th, 2005 at 9:54 am
My foiled attempt to buy a laptop yesterday may be a message from Jesus that I should return to the 2%…
September 15th, 2005 at 8:28 pm
Yea, nice Vaio, loser.
September 16th, 2005 at 10:35 am
should have bought a dell :)
February 17th, 2006 at 5:52 am
Very interesting, thanks! :)-celexa