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No, no, no don't organize fonts using Font Book
If you're a graphic designer, you probably already know this, but if you're working with anything more than 500 fonts or so, you really should be using a professional font management program. The best free one (and I think the best period) is Linotype FontExplorer X.
http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX I don't have a lot of time to explain (and I just lost the post that I was writing), but it's basically an iTunes approach to font management. Niceties include Smart groups, multiple font preview by family or selection with custom text, mediated font importing, easy batch font activation/deactivation, centralized alphabetically organized font library, font exporting to zip files, and the list goes on and on. The OP would appreciate the font library organization that Font Book only does in exporting that Linotype FontExplorer X does by default. Of course, this is one of those things where if you're not sure you need it, you probably don't. Still, I thought I'd put it out there in the public record.
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Well, the Font Book is great for many many users (including designers). You probably is talking about the old version of the Font Book back to Panther or Tiger that didn't work reliably. The Font Book in Leopard is much much better. It can resolve duplicates and disable them in all the fonts and also can validate fonts (and fonts files).
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Thanks for the tip about FontExplorer. I've not been using any Font management utilies for ages now. I loved ATM Deluxe back in the day. But my love was spurned. Tough, I know. Never really loved Suitcase. I'll definitely try this one out... |
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