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Authored by: dslipp on Sep 22, '05 10:52:23AM

I'm just installing/setting it up now. I've got over 8,000 fonts in my collection that I've been managing with FontAgent Pro, and it has taken over twenty minutes to import them so far. One warning - quit any other applications when you're doing your first import, otherwise they'll crash. (At least all of my open apps did...)

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...So Good
Authored by: dslipp on Sep 22, '05 11:04:34AM

It finished importing everything after 26 minutes. It seemed to hang for a few minutes while installing the plug-ins, then snapped to life.

First impression - it is certainly faster than FMP. A very iTunes-like interface, right down to the store section. I'm guessing that Linotype wants to be ITMS of fonts.

Gotta play in some apps.

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...Except...
Authored by: dslipp on Sep 22, '05 11:42:46AM

I just encountered the same thing in InDesign. It tries and fails to activate missing fonts, then recycles. Each cycle takes two minutes to time out so it's a real pain. I found that quitting FEX in mid-cycle breaks the cycle and allows you to escape.

For a pre-release, it shows promise, but I've got to agree with Jonathon - it isn't quite ready for production use.

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