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1. Re: Best font management solution for CS6/InDesign?
john_wisdom Jul 28, 2012 3:27 PM (in response to bdm1000)1 person found this helpfulIm personally still using FontExplorer X. Even though its old and no longer supported it works great for me.
Do you have a ton of fonts active at one time? Or do you turn them on and off as needed?
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2. Re: Best font management solution for CS6/InDesign?
bdm1000 Jul 28, 2012 7:24 PM (in response to john_wisdom)I don't need to have a ton of fonts active at once. With Suitcase, I believe fonts were auto-activated when I needed them or open in small groups. That is my preference. Thanks.
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3. Re: Best font management solution for CS6/InDesign?
BobLevine Jul 28, 2012 7:37 PM (in response to bdm1000)1 person found this helpfulI'm using SF4 with CS6 on Mac and Windows with no ill effects.
Bob
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4. Re: Best font management solution for CS6/InDesign?
mckayk_777 Jul 31, 2012 4:22 PM (in response to bdm1000)Must say its Font Explorer Pro (FEP) for me! (MacPro OSX 10.6.8 Indesign Creative Suite 4, Indesign 5.5)
When I first started this job they had suitcase and I found that program really limiting. But I also had never used it before and knew very little about it.
FEP has many things that I like about it.
1. Although most people lean away from font auto activation the one that comes with FEP has been working real smooth, a few second delay when opening files while it starts what font is required.
2. Font Preview is amazing, select the fonts you want to compare with a typeface you have and you have transparent view and slide show.
3. Font Groups: Where you can put all fonts for particular jobs into smart sets.
4. Search files and discover which fonts where used inside that file and save that as a font set
5. There is also a server version of the program.
6. Application Sets: Really handy for auto activating fonts used only in certain programs.
7. Good Conflict control.
The list could possibly go on and on, in other words, love FEP and highly recommend it.
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5. Re: Best font management solution for CS6/InDesign?
danielfeary Nov 22, 2013 12:50 AM (in response to bdm1000)I really wish Adobe made a font manager...
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6. Re: Best font management solution for CS6/InDesign?
Danny Whitehead. Nov 22, 2013 2:35 AM (in response to danielfeary)Yeah, ATM Deluxe for OS9 was, by my recollection, the most stable font manager I ever used.