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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2007 edited
     
    Linotype FontExplorer X

    FontExplorer X sets a new standard for font management software. After several relatively sad years for all font users who were looking for a professional font manager, Linotype is pleased to fill the gap with the new FontExplorer X. Font management has never been so simple, and font sorting, font shopping and font discovery are now more fun than ever. FontExplorer X gives computer users all the font functions they could need, and lets them decide how deeply they wish to dive into various font themes.

    WHAT'S NEW
    Version 1.1.2

    The update of Linotype FontExplorer� X to version 1.1.2 delivers overall improvements and is recommended for all users.

    Bug fixes:
    Fixed a bug when changing comments
    Fixed a bug when deleting conflicts
    Fixed a bug when detecting fonts in documents
    Fixed a bug which prevented instant search by typing in the font list
    Fixed a bug which prevented font activation with one click
    Fixed slow duplicate scanning

    REQUIREMENTS
    Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

    Download ››
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJan 25th 2007
     
    yeah, i was an early watcher, late adopter of this software. there are a couple of niggles with it, but nothing compared to suitcase. hell, this is free too, i reckon it rocks!
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      CommentAuthorechoes
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2007
     
    niggles?

    Yes, this rocks the pants off of suitcase. Im a hardcore user/supporter of this app.
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      CommentAuthormeska
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2007
     
    +1
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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2007
     
    Suitcase??!ß1ß1ß1ß1ß?!???!??!!!!```??????

    ~projectile vomits across the room
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      CommentAuthorredneck
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2007
     
    I had a post on base in the Font Exp thread.

    Basically it caused me a lot of hassle. The main problem was it didn't play with Quark 6.0, which I am still saddled with for a few jobs.

    In the end I'm back to Suitcase and hating it too… also have a number of fonts that didn't survive the move from Suitcase to Font Ex and back. Beware, copy you old fonts folder before letting Font Ex take over.
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    I still can not figure out why you all hate Suitcase. I had more problems with Font Explorer than I ever have with Suitcase. I manage the fonts for 7 designers and Suitcase has been the best, i can't wait til we get our new machines and get SCFusion.
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      CommentAuthormiddigit
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2007
     
    installed update a few days ago i think ~ checks

    this app totally rocks yes indeedily dee
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      CommentAuthorwebsnap
    • CommentTimeMar 1st 2007
     
    LFM personally I found Suitcase to be a resource hog. FontExplorer is light and free while having all of the same features that suitcase fusion has. Also, have I mentioned it's free?
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      CommentAuthorechoes
    • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2007
     
    I had hella issues with suitcase after I installed the entire CS2 suite. Crashing and bug'n out.

    Font Explorer hasn't had a single issue and Ive been using it for quite some time. I likey.
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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2007
     
    Suitcase was cancer for my Mac. Whenever I activated a font in Suitcase I had to quit and restart Photoshop for the new font(s) to be active in PS. With FontExplorer things just work.
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      CommentAuthorScirocco
    • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2007
     
    I think the price difference in itself is enough reason to use Linotype ... :)
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2007
     
    i have found that most "font management problems" come down to corrupt fonts, rather than a particular management application. having said that, fontexplorer rocks!
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      CommentAuthorharkjohnny
    • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2007
     
    another supporter and user since the beta
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      CommentAuthornimmot
    • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2007
     
    add my name to the list of happy users :)
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    why do you need an app at all? if we all just stuck with arial, times and impact none of this would be necessary
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2007
     
    I guess I'm a little curious about all this too. WHile arial, times, and impact are weak sauce, do you really need 6k fonts at your disposal at all times?
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    given it's free, i use it at home and it's okay.

    at work though, i had big problems with it as I did with font agent pro.

    Suitcase has worked the best for us. and perhaps like MTG, it has to do with Quark. though we are moving to InDesign before June.

    echoes, what version of suitcase were you using in correlation with CS2??

    I also spent the better part of any down time at work over the course of a few months, creating new suitcases for a batch of about 2000 fonts since the foundry that had put them out quite a few years ago didn't name them well, so families were not being grouped together - in ANY font app. It was a very tedious task. I did this with font doctor.

    I also like the feature in suitcase where I can assign keywords to fonts and then do a search just for those keywords.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2007 edited
     
    “I also like the feature in suitcase where I can assign keywords to fonts and then do a search just for those keywords.


    i'm pretty sure that similar things are possible in font explorer :)
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      CommentAuthorharkjohnny
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    without FEX, we could become a society of comic sans users! ;)
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      CommentAuthormiddigit
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    YAY! for comic sans :D
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      CommentAuthorwebsnap
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    I read an article a while back (i'll look for it and link it, thought I was sure it was in print) making the argument that a true designer should only need ten fonts to use in design, with the exclusion of specialty fonts for specialty work (ie: custom stuff). The idea would have been that the ten would vary from designer to designer, but what do you guys think?
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      CommentAuthorwebsnap
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    middigit:YAY! for comic sans :D
    Comic sans makes me cry inside
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    i probably don't use as many as 10 fonts in general. so yes, i'd agree that it is at least very true.
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      CommentAuthormiddigit
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    speciality stuff, is like include logo design and marketing? cause i used a wide variety of fonts - didn't want everyones stuff to look the same now did i
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    Mid, do you alter your fonts for logo design? I've been speaking with some people who consider that VITAL for IP protection...
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      CommentAuthorechoes
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    Oh my god... I cannot tell you the number of different fonts I used. I guess thats because I hit so many different styles. If I was doing only minimal stuff then yah, there would be only 10 or so fonts.

    At my old job, each property had its own set of fonts you had to use, and then there were groups of fonts you could use for each style of property. So I think I would use about 50 different fonts a day. Plus my old boss would get pissed off if we used the same font too many times, so we had to research and find new fonts all the time.
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      CommentAuthorechoes
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    Biff, when I make a logo, I try to alter the typeface as much as possible. I just use fonts as a starting point and then tweek from there. It's rare that I will use use a typeface and thats it. Otherwise its got a pretty goood chance of looking like someone elses pre-existing "font" logo.
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    websnap:
    middigit:YAY! for comic sans :D
    Comic sans makes me cry inside


    oh man, our CEO (of a large international company) sends out company-wide emails in Comic Sans, even her signature is in Comic Sans. It's just so ironic - they institute a dress code so that we all project a more professional image, and then her emails are in Comic Sans.
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      CommentAuthorwebsnap
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     
    You should send her an email as an "intervention" and tell her she is tarnishing the image of the corporation, and as a result, you'll be wearing clown shoes to work till she gets it sorted out.
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      CommentAuthormiddigit
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007 edited
     
    Biff:Mid, do you alter your fonts for logo design? I've been speaking with some people who consider that VITAL for IP protection...


    depends what type of logo i'm doing biff...

    echoes:Biff, when I make a logo, I try to alter the typeface as much as possible. I just use fonts as a starting point and then tweek from there. It's rare that I will use use a typeface and thats it. Otherwise its got a pretty goood chance of looking like someone elses pre-existing "font" logo.


    sometimes it's like echoes says use the font as a starting point and add too it, otherwise it will be mainly vector work with a couple of characters or a speciality font usage
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      CommentAuthorharkjohnny
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007 edited
     
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      CommentAuthormiddigit
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     
    yes indeed - ban it, i'll have the more tastefull one http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?article_id=1911125&view_id=181
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2007
     
    ok, linotype fontexplorer - is there a way to automatically get it to print preview pages of the whole library? i'm sure suitcase used to do this :)
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      CommentAuthormeska
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2007
     
    Nope not yet, maybe in the next full update.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2007
     
    yeah, that's what i thought :(

    however, the biff man pointed me towards this. will try it out and let you know. saying that, i wonder how many pages i'll end up with if i attempt to print all the fonts...
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      CommentAuthormeska
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2007
     
    Oh yes, i remember font book. It came as a free utility on the Suitcase CD. It does what it says pretty well.
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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTimeJul 9th 2007 edited
     
    Linotype FontExplorer X 1.2

    New features:
    * Added information "Import date"
    * Adobe InDesign/Illustrator CS3 Plug-Ins
    * New detailed preview in the information window
    * Option to activate entire suitcase when activating a font contained in that suitcase
    * Option to search fonts for vendor
    * Possibility to create a Set from detected fonts in documents
    * Sorting by label

    Updated features:
    * Cleaning application font caches now cleans QuarkXPress 7 caches
    * Cleaning System Fonts Folders now handles Adobe CS3 fonts
    * Improved character view in the information window
    * Improved drag & drop behavior
    * Improved font activation warning
    * Improved font detector
    * Improved font request behavior and preferences
    * Improved Store Registration Assistant
    * Setup Assistant now recognizes previous FontExplorer X Font Library folders
    * Updated InDesign/Illustrator CS1/CS2 Plug-Ins
    * Updated QuarkXPress 6.5/7.x Plug-Ins

    Bug fixes:
    * Fixed a bug when exporting fonts as images
    * Fixed a bug when importing fonts from a network volume
    * Fixed a bug where "Last imported" included more than the actually imported fonts
    * Fixed a bug where different fonts with the same PostScript name were displayed the same
    * Fixed a bug where FontExplorer X could not find its database
    * Fixed a bug where the font activation warning was positioned randomly on the screen
    * Fixed a bug where the main window opened after using Fast User Switching
    * Fixed a bug where the preferences wouldn't be set correctly after importing a FontExplorer X configuration file
    * Fixed a bug where the Trash containing font files deleted from FontExplorer X couldn't be emptied while FontExplorer X was running
    * Fixed a bug which allowed negative numbers for Smart Set rules
    * Fixed a bug which didn't update the rules information when editing a Smart Set
    * Fixed a bug which prevented copying preview images from the font preview
    * Fixed a bug which prevented FontExplorer X from launching when Parental Controls were enabled
    * Fixed font activation issues with QuarkXPress 6.5 and 7.x
    * Fixed interface issues with the Plug-In Manager

    * Many other internal fixes and improvements

    linotype.com/fontexplorerX
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJul 9th 2007
     
    i wonder at what point they are going to start charging for this app... :D
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      CommentAuthoroverbyte
    • CommentTimeJul 9th 2007
     
    <3 this program - i hope they never charge coz i wouldn't want to be not paying for it... or... you know what i mean
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      CommentAuthormeska
    • CommentTimeJul 9th 2007
     
    If they do, i'm staying at the last version that didn't charge.
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      CommentAuthorbull
    • CommentTimeJul 9th 2007
     
    biff - i don't know about the rest, but i know we end up with so many fonts (not to mention applications that have to be available, and some knowledge of how to use them) because of the documents i get from clients; as far as altering typeface for logos, as long as a client can supply files, no problem. unfortunately, this is not always the case. also, print runs that are not exact reruns need to be altered; so if a doc has been converted to outlines, have to have the font.....

    i don't think i've used more than twenty or so in designs or document prep, but as prevailing design styles and/or client demands change, more are added....

    free, combined with how well it works, is very good. also will agree that most font problems are from corrupt or incomplete fonts (missing screen fonts, etc)

    }b
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      CommentAuthorharkjohnny
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2007
     
    HALLE-FRICKIN-LUJAH! CS3 activation!!!!

    d/l now :smile:
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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2007
     
    1.2.1 was released today

    Bug fixes (1.2.1):
    Fixed a bug when changing tracking in the information window
    Fixed a bug when updating or launching FontExplorer X
    Fixed a bug when using WYSIWYG on Mac OS X 10.3.9
    Fixed a bug with multiple font requests
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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTimeAug 23rd 2007
     
    Linotype FontExplorer X 1.2.2

    WHAT'S NEW
    The update of Linotype FontExplorerª X to version 1.2.2 delivers important bug fixes and is recommended for all users.

    Updated features:
    Complete redesign of the integrated Linotype Font Store
    Lots of new fonts and Value Packs available in the integrated Linotype Font Store
    Updated QuarkXPress 6.5/7.x Plug-Ins

    Bug fixes (1.2.2):
    Fixed a bug when checking for updates
    Fixed a bug when creating a Smart Set
    Fixed a bug when removing font request rules
    Fixed a bug where “Import date” wasn’t localized
    Fixed a bug where Application Font Cache Cleaning didn’t recognize QuarkXPress when running Mac OS X 10.3.9

    Fixed a bug where FontExplorer X would crash when cleaning Application Font Caches
    Fixed a bug where not all characters of an OpenType font were displayed in the information window
    Fixed a bug where Reveal in Finder didn’t work
    Fixed a bug where the import date wasn’t updated after importing a font again
    Fixed a bug where the keyboard shortcut wasn’t updated when changing the keyboard layout
    Fixed a bug where you couldn’t clean Application Font Caches although an application was selected
    Fixed a bug which could crash FontExplorer X at startup
    Fixed a bug which didn’t update the information area when moving Sets
    Fixed some interface and text issues with the German localization Fixed a bug where creating a new Set from selection didn’t update the information area

    http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX
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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTime12 hours ago edited
     
    Until Feb. 28, 2009, FontExplorer X Pro 2.0 is available at a significant discount:
    Purchase a license for only EUR 39 incl. VAT, and save EUR 40!

    I checked out the trial version of version 2.0 and there isn't that much of a difference to 1.2.3... which is free and still available here for downloading:

    http://www.linotype.com/2631/freedownloadmac.html
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTime10 hours ago
     
    woo hoo

    "here, try this. it's free!" :D

    i'm kinda hoping that the coming (not released yet) FontApp (is that the right name?) will be awesome.

    i won't upgrade FontExplorer, and it will wither away. changing font management software is daunting, and i don't have that many fonts.

    oh well.
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTime10 hours ago
     
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTime10 hours ago
     
    yeppers
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      CommentAuthorharkjohnny
    • CommentTime9 hours ago
     
    FEX Pro!!! whoohoo!!!

    www.fontexplorerx.com

    CS4 Compatible!!

    did I say WHOOHOOO!

    (cept it's not free anymore)

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