Font Management 2023
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- Wolfboy
What font management programs are you using these days? And more specifically, which are your favoured non-subscription ones?
I've been using FontExplorer X Pro on Mac for years, but since they moved to subscription and stopped updating the stand alone app, it's been getting a bit sketchy. For example, I've been getting lots of broken fonts in the Mail app where I just get rows of question marks instead of the text.
So what's good out there right now if I'm not up for yet another subscription to a piece of software?
- Continuity2
I've been using FontBase for years and years. Still on the free version, and I find it perfect. Runs in the background, kind of a set-and-forget thing, with a very small resource footprint.
And — as far as I know — there's no limit on the number of collections you can have with the free version.
- That said, they do have a subscription ($3 US/month), or you can buy it outright for $180 with lifetime updates.Continuity
- What is it you gain with a subscription?jagara
- Thanks, I'll check this one out.Wolfboy
- doesnotexist1
Font Book is bussin
- Really? I've heard it's actually Fire.Wolfboy
- yesdoesnotexist
- utopian2
Font Book is Fire
- yesdoesnotexist
- Really? I've heard it's actually bussin.Wolfboy
- yesdoesnotexist
- pango0
any good ones on windows?
- Gnash1
Still using suitcase fusion. The ability to sync my fonts between my laptop and desktop is too useful for me to give it up
- ideaist1
https://fontba.se (Mac/PC)
https://rightfontapp.com (Mac)
&
https://typefaceapp.com (Mac)
are your options, unless you can pay for Suitcase Fusion (now "Connect Fonts").
- I used Right Font for a while and it was ace BUT Suitcase won the cloud-based feature(s) and I can't go back.ideaist
- oey_oey0
Oh Monotype!
...I received an Email months ago about the exciting news.Fuck this!
- oey_oey0
How's the Font Base experience with Adobe?
- For me, seamless. If I activate a font in Font Base, it's in the font list in PS.
Given how capricious any Adobe product can be, though, YMMV.Continuity
- For me, seamless. If I activate a font in Font Base, it's in the font list in PS.
- oey_oey1
Okay, making the switch...
Not very happy with it but paying almost four times more in just one year for a library of fonts I really don't need at the moment is totally not an option.
...FontBase here I come!
- woowahesque2
I find, with each new project, I ignore the hundreds of already installed ones and spend ages searching the web for something new
- Lol, sameGnash
- i use the same 5 over and over and over and over and over and over again.doesnotexist
- slappy1
We use ConnectFonts for our team but its constantly signing everyone out and it costs USD$1080/year for 9 people.
Everyone dislikes it, but we need a central library for our fonts. Is the consensus still that FontBase is the best option?
- FWIW, I'm still using it, and on the free version. My benchmarks for apps like this are:
• Does it do what I need it to?
• Does it piss me off to use it?Continuity - If I can answer yes to the first question and no to the second, then I'm good.
I'm pretty easy to please.Continuity - Having said that, I think I'll test Typeface, as it seems oey_oey has a pretty high opinion of it.Continuity
- FWIW, I'm still using it, and on the free version. My benchmarks for apps like this are:
- oey_oey0
I used the trial version of Typeface to deactivate the system fonts in the "supplemental" folder (Mac OS).
Was tired of having to scroll down to many fonts in Illy and Affinity Designer.
Then, like 5 minutes later, I found out that I can use Font Book for the same (sort of) but that the collections in Font Book are available in Affinity Designer.
Also, in Font Base the Adobe Plugins will work for Affinity.
And last but not least, I found Typeface very interesting, even better than Font Base, lacking the Google function like the last but really powerful.
Cheers!
- How do you find Typeface in terms of resource use? Is it a resource pig like FontExplorer and Suitcase were?Continuity
- I can't say anything about Suitcase but it definitely isn't like FontExplorer but far more options than Font Base.oey_oey
- Gnash0
Monotype bought extensis (suitcase, fusion, connect).
Monotype is buying everything :/
- Extensis is running connect fonts into the ground IMO; looking at RightFont with a Dropbox database to replace...ideaist
- https://www.extensis…ideaist
- ya, time to shop, I'll look into that. This doesn't bode wellGnash
- ideaist0
I'm going to try all 3 of these:
FontBase
https://fontba.se/https://fontba.se/images/landing…
$3 / month - $26 / year - $180 / "forever"
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Typeface 3
https://typefaceapp.com/
$ 56.99 / year
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RightFont
https://rightfontapp.com/
$59 / "forever"
I think / expect all of Monotypes "resistance is futile" approach to the world of type will result in these swallowed up 1-by-1 BUT we can stay ahead of the curve, eh?
: )
- Hmmm, .svg embed is a no go I guess!
https://sadtrombone.…ideaist - Give us an update when you test! I'm sick of sub plans, so FontBase and RightFont look interesting with their one-time fees.elahon
- I switched from Suitcase to FontXplorer to Typeface and I can recommend the latter. And it is not subscription based... you just dont get any updates after 1ya_aachen
- Hmmm, .svg embed is a no go I guess!
- Gnash2
@ideaist, where’d ya land?
Liking the look of fontbase but have yet to try it out. Monotype has messed up whatever was good about Extensis connect so time to switch
- I see monotype also bought fontXplorer :/ so that’s a bust tooGnash
- @Gnash, I’m in a Mac / RightFont (Dropbox for syncing across machines)...ideaist
- ...Slowly moving away from Suitcase Fusion / they’ve had me by the ballsack for years!!!ideaist
- Right font working out? The latest update for extensis connect is garbageGnash
- @Gnash its more resolved than “Connect”! Lolz. What a tragedy Monotype is to type management...ideaist
- ... I went on a type dive the other night: https://klim.co.nz/, https://narrowtype.c…, https://ohnotype.co/…, etc.ideaist
- Type is alive and well oh boy!!!ideaist
- https://rightfontapp… - try ‘er out, set ‘er up, let me know!ideaist
- cheers, gonna giv’r a go :) thanks for the other links :)Gnash
- https://bvhtype.com/…
Free and for commercial useGnash - The display is fun, but the text fam is quite usefulGnash
- https://bvhtype.com/…Gnash
- ^ N-I-C-E-!ideaist