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FontAgent Pro
Best font tool I've enjoyed using for a few years now
Great app!
This is a great app. I've tried both and quite frankly, FontAgent Pro just works the way I like to work. But... how come there isn't a review for Linotype's FontExplorer X. This program is just about as good, but it's FREE!
Great app, great review, though user guide is out of date
After reading the review, I decided to give this another try, and was VERY impressed with everything. After it installs, it plops a disk image in the application's folder with every activation plug-in imaginable, including Adobe's apps. This can be very deceiving because if you turn on the auto-activation in the preferences, only the quark plug-in is necessary (figures). So don't bother wasting your time installing the plugins as they are completely unnecessary, even when you quit the application. They didn't update the user guide for this release, and the readme's with each plugin are incorrect as well. Just thought I'd share that because if I hadn't read the review here, I would have promptly installed the auto-activation plugins. I tested my Adobe apps without the plugins, and it worked seamlessly. And I had even quit the app. How refreshing. I WAS using linotype's fontexplorer (be sure to turn off or uninstall any previous font management apps), but I've now switched to this incredibly stable, easy-to-use font manager (took only 5 minutes of usage!). I was astounded by the font validation checker (linotype would just give you a folder that said 'undefined' if there was a font problem) and the speed. Give it a try, but unless you use Quark (shudder), ignore the plugins disk image that gets installed.