Mac "font book" vs. Extensis

[bntz313]

FontBook's crap.

Try FontExplorerX... it's free.

I would go with font exploxerX. I just switched to it from suitcase and it WAY better and it'd free.

 

[onegirlcreative]

Well, I downloaded the linotype program and got all my fonts installed. I REALLY like the user interface. Very clear and easy to use, and displays information clearly.

HOWEVER, it's crazy! The damn thing is activating fonts without my asking it to. I activated 40 fonts, looked away and clicked a couple of things, and then all of a sudden I had 1600+ active fonts. Photoshop took FOREVER to load. Anyone know wtf the deal is with this? I'd really like to keep using it since I like the interface, but only if the damn thing actually works.

You need to check your preferences within FontExplorer. You most likely have "activate fonts as they're installed" automatically checked. Probably since you uploaded them all at once, they're ALL activated. This should solve that problem as I don't have any problems with my FE and I have over 2,000+ fonts, but only have a fraction of those active.

When I had Extensis Suitcase, it was great until I upgraded to the second version of OS X (I think it was Panther???). AFter that, it was a nightmare, so somebody recommended I download FE, which I did and I have been using it ever since. I love it.

Even on Leopard, it works flawlessly.