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Thread ID: 81181 2007-07-19 10:51:00 Looking for a font program Codex (3761) PC World Chat
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570311 2007-07-19 10:51:00 ive been looknig around for a while now for a font managment program, at the moment i use macs at natcoll(im donig a diploma in graphic design) and they have a font managment program called font explorer which has a list of 4000 or so fonts(obviously doesnt come with the program) and lets you install or install any of the fonts with a simple click and also allows you to preview all the fonts easily, i cant seem to find a good pc alternartive, anyone got any ideas? i kinda need it considering i have over 7k fonts on my system and obviously installing them all will kill windows lol, im running vista x64 ultimate xD any help appretiated, cheers Codex (3761)
570312 2007-07-19 10:54:00 Not a program as such but work just as well:

betterfonts.com or
dafont.com

I should read posts before replying!!
Those websites won't help with fonts you have on your PC.
CYaBro (73)
570313 2007-07-19 10:59:00 The other standard font program which is standard equipment for graphic designers and Mac ops is Xtensis font manager which is cross platform www.extensis.com It works the same way that Font Explorer works.
Followed by Fontographer which will convert all Mac fonts to PC fonts and vice versa.
winmacguy (3367)
570314 2007-07-19 11:13:00 Another that you may like to try...
www.moonsoftware.com

and it is free:)
minster (9180)
570315 2007-07-20 21:54:00 The Font Thing works very well with XP SP2. It's also free.
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Sue (33)
570316 2007-07-22 00:55:00 I haven't come used any program which can manage/activate/deactivate fonts on Windows yet (Suitcase for Windows probably does but I haven't used it on Windows yet) but have used some good little font tools that I think warrant mention. Before I break into that,I can mention Linotype has their font management software floating around, FontExplorer X (www.linotype.com) although I haven't used it and it looks like a front for selling fonts (in a friendly way, I'm sure).

The first is dp4 Font Viewer (us.fontviewer.de) and is just a "View All + filters" for fonts on Windows. Nice handy little app at 114KB, dump in the Windows folder and launch with "Win+R > fonts".

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Another online font thing is Font Browser (www.stcassociates.com), a flash font "app".
sal (67)
570317 2007-07-24 11:09:00 damn, lino font explorer is what i use at course, but it doesnt even work in windows, sucks lol, damn beta's Codex (3761)
570318 2007-07-24 11:12:00 Have you considered Xtensis? or is that too expensive? winmacguy (3367)
570319 2007-07-24 18:22:00 I use "MainType by High-Logic and it works well for me.
http://www.high-logic.com/
Davoid (6918)
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