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An informative Apple guide to font management
Authored by: lheyward on Jan 31, '04 10:02:11PM

I keep seeing things about font doctor being bundled with Suitcase X1.

I'm running the trial of suitcase to check it out and I can't find Font Doctor. Is it included with the trial? If not, how would I get it after unlocking the trial version with the purchased access key?

I've checked the menus and the app folder and see font book, but not font doctor...



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An informative Apple guide to font management
Authored by: DavidRavenMoon on Feb 01, '04 12:46:53PM

I gave FontDoctor a whirl, it it said a bunch of fonts needed repair. After I let it repair them, Suitcase said every font it repaired was damaged beyond repair, and wouldn't display them. They were fine before that. I have also seen (even back with the classic version) it rename fonts in a very bad way, naming some of them just "M", and generally doing bad things to fonts.

I'd stay far away from FontDoctor! I even turned off Suicase X1's font checking, since it seems to flag otherwise good fonts.

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An informative Apple guide to font management
Authored by: BradW on Feb 01, '04 07:56:02PM

I also tried the Suitcase X1 demo and wondered where FontDoctor was. I eventually figured out that I had to download it separately from Extensis' web site.



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