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(Of course, maybe it’s just me, not knowing what I’m doing.)īut isn’t that what a font program is supposed to do? - Let you have control over your fonts. So, while FontBook is great for viewing font collections on their own, it doesn’t appear to control which fonts are loaded into the system. Like the earlier poster, SteveH, said about FontBook: Clunky. (I would have thought a command-click on other collections would open up several at one time, but no dice.)

I can only pick one collection at a time.

(Suitcase used to let me see just the fonts I wanted.) I still see ALL the fonts loaded in the system.

Do they actually affect which fonts are loaded in the system at the time? They don’t seem to do ANYTHING to the fonts that show up as available when choosing fonts in other programs.

Now that I’m looking at FontBook (instead of typing off the top of my head like in the first post) I guess what I really needed to know was about USING those collections. Thanks schpengle, that answers it perfectly. I recently discovered the wonder of Google Fonts, so have downloaded to my hard drive about a hundred of those. I figured out that there are “favorites” in Affinity Photo, so I’ve been using that feature to cull down the list of available fonts. Since I can’t make groups in FontBook, I found a kluge way to do it. (Haven’t tried hard, though.) Can that even be done? Can you use FontBook to pick and choose which fonts are open? (A simple yes or no would be great - if yes, I’ll go look it up for a “how-to”.)

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But I’ve not been able to figure out how to make groups in FontBook, so I can have more control. Would be nice to be able to hide the fonts I NEVER use (some are System fonts and CAN’T be got rid of). So I just keep a few loaded for basic choices. Eh? He said all this as he lifted his listening horn up to his aging ears.)īut in recent years, I don’t want to clog up my Mac with too many fonts to choke on.

My has the world improved while I’ve been out hiding in the hinterlands.

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(And what’s that you say? The print world has gone to a PDF workflow now? Well, ain’t that something. That’s when Suitcase was an absolute necessity. Once upon a time - 15 years ago - in making magazines, I kept a ton of fonts around and still have a CD (somewhere in a box) of the entire Adobe font library (1600 bucks in its day). Great for viewing fonts though.īut my needs are simple nowadays. I’m using FontBook, which is, as you say, clunky. Pinegrow does not include anyway to manage these, so maybe just using Google ensures that your site is consistent to all… QUESTION: Besides Google Fonts, does anybody use any web basic fonts? (Arial, Georgia etc?) Why?

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The free version is usable, but the lifetime license is more than FontBase. It is also no subscription.įontBase is not bad, but does not support PostScript fonts, and in chatting with the developer, won’t any time soon.

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I have worked with FontExplorer X Pro and it is equally good. (Like Adobe they are going all subscription for my benefit.) It is by far the most robust for general print work. Hence - Moving to Pinegrow.įor Fonts: I am using Suitcase Fusion, and won’t go past version 9. I’m not updating to Catalina (at least not soon) for several reasons, but mostly because I want to still use my CS6 suite if needed. Looking to ditch Adobe in all things - but its not always easy. For QuarkXPress, XTensions are available for versions 7, 8, and 9.I’m a one man Communications department during the day and freelance at night.

#SUITCASE FUSION 4 FOR MAC UPDATE#

Plug-ins for CS6 are in development and will be released as a free update for Suitcase Fusion 4 sometime after the launch of CS6. Editorial types also benefit from the new version as Fusion’s InCopy plug-in now supports CS4, CS5, and CS5.5. Plug-ins for Photoshop are supported for CS4, CS5, and CS5.5. Plug-ins for Adobe InDesign and Illustrator are now supported for CS3, CS4, CS5, and CS5.5. That makes it easier to find and use the right font. New Font panels in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop offer direct control of font browsing so designers can now preview, organize, and activate fonts from their font collection directly within these Adobe applications. Suitcase Fusion 4 also now offers a built-in color picker to choose the text and background color directly within the application’s Previews window. These Digests provide a powerful way to set up specific lists of fonts from extensive Suitcase libraries.Įverybody has favorites, and now designers can star fonts as Favorites so they can quickly find, preview, and use them in their projects. Suitcase Fusion 4 now allows designers to create and edit their own custom font lists, called Font Digests.

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