Font tools
There was a free piece of software i used all the time when i was on a PC. It was called The Font Thing. There were two features which made it so amazing. The first was it could brows and preview non-intsalled fonts just like it did installed fonts and it could make a list with whatever text in every font in a folder or which is installed.
I can live with not having the list features becuase font book is still pretty cool and can help me decide on a font for my graphic artist work. The problem is i have a folder with 2,000+ fonts and i do not want to install them all. I like to keep a low number of fonts installed in my system but i want to be able to view a list and view a preview of my 2000 fonts.
Can anyone name a good font program out there that can do what i described. As always, free would be great but i have some holiday cash left for i can pay for a program if it is woth it.
I can live with not having the list features becuase font book is still pretty cool and can help me decide on a font for my graphic artist work. The problem is i have a folder with 2,000+ fonts and i do not want to install them all. I like to keep a low number of fonts installed in my system but i want to be able to view a list and view a preview of my 2000 fonts.
Can anyone name a good font program out there that can do what i described. As always, free would be great but i have some holiday cash left for i can pay for a program if it is woth it.
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Non are perfect, but both are miles ahead of fontbook...
In OS X, Font Agent Pro has performed flawlessly for us, but as always your mileage may vary. I believe they have a trial period before you buy.
Insider Software
Font Agent Pro
But interface-wise it looks like a programming interface compared to suitcase's elegance.
On the other hand, Suitcase crashes everytime you ad a really old/corrupt font...
I have ended up using both.