Font manager for Windows?
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- Projectile
I'm in need of a free font manager for a Windows 7 machine.
I used to use Linotype Fontexplorer, but ffs they only support Mac now! or am I being an idiot? If anyone can point me to an exe file it'd make my day!
Any other ones that are half decent and - more importantly- legit?
And for those of you who are already conspiring to put a lmgtfy link in here.. I'm after a recommendation to save me from hours of installing dodgy programs that end up not actually being free at all.. so spare me. ;)
- Nightshade0
Yes FontExplorer X is only for Mac now. The old PC beta version is floating around the internet, but it doesn't work in Windows 7.
Unfortunately I've not found a better solution. FEX was awesome. I now have Suitcase Fusion 2 and it's absolutely awful. I have 20k fonts and it crashes after about 5 clicks. FEX was a dream in comparison.
Luckily I have a Macbook with FEX installed, so I do my font browsing on the Macbook then activate the font on my PC through Suitcase (and hope it doesn't crash before activation).. not an ideal solution though.
- obsolete0
Bitstream Font Navigator is ok, but you have to download corel to get it...
- jaylarson0
Suitcase
- detritus0
I keep all my non-system fonts organised on my work drive, then just 'Install as a shortcut' from there.
When I no longer need a font or set, I uninstall it after clicking on a shortcut link to c:\fonts I've got in my work/fonts directory.
Yes, it's lo-fi, but it works and - more importantly, forces me to be a little bit organised and a little better-versed in what fonts I actually have and use.
I used to use some font manager on my old XP machine, and I much prefer my current, direct setup.
- bigtrick0
http://www.qbn.com/topics/616132…
hope that helps.
- Boz0
Font Agent is the best I have used by far..and I've used all of the mentioned ones.
- Milan0
Suitcase Fusion is pretty good