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  [OT] Mac font management

  Posted by Guy on August 2, 2005 at 4:32 pm

  so what’s the verdict on Apple’s Font book?
  is it a replacement for Extensis Suitcase?
  any experiences?

  I’d love to not have to pay for another app.

  Kelly Johnson replied 20 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Kelly Johnson

  August 2, 2005 at 6:35 pm

  No. For weekend warriors and people who only use their machines to write, it probably works fine.

  Suitcase is much more robust and opens more font types than FontBook.

  Many people have problems with Suitcase because they don’t read the manual on both Fonts in general in OSX as well as the manual for Suitcase. I’ve used Suitcase for years on both Classic systems and now in OSX system machines.

  Knowing where to keep fonts, why one should or shoudn’t manage system fonts and such is really the only reason anyone ever has real problems with Suitcase. They don’t set it up right.

  But, even Suitcase doesn’t open all font types. However, for TrueType and Postscript 1/2/3 it works like a charm.

  Font book can’t handle detailed renderings of multiple fonts previewing at once.

  For $90…get Suitcase. (as far as between these two).

  That’s my 3 cents.

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