Windows Vista x64 – what font manager do you use?

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Peter_Lancaster
Feb 19, 2009
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Hi Guys,

I’ve been using maintype for the past few years. It’s been pretty good and stable.

what font manager do you use in windows vista? and how is it working for your design needs?

thanks,
Pete

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Bart_Cross
Feb 19, 2009
I do not use a font manager, I keep my fonts on a separate partition and add them to Vista with the font manager, but I deselect ‘copy font’.

Using a separate partition means that the fonts will never fragment or get corrupted unless the disk goes.

I have 2600+ fonts active at all times and it does not create a problem.
BL
Bob Levine
Feb 19, 2009
I don’t use one either.

Bob
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Freeagent
Feb 19, 2009
I do; mainly for preview and to easily load/unload. I also ended up with MainType, after checking a few trials. The one thing it can not do is find and repair bad fonts, but otherwise I like it.

I’ve been waiting for Linotype’s Font Explorer X to come out of beta, but so far it hasn’t. Over on the Mac side the general choice seems to be Font Agent Pro, which also has a Win version, at about $100.
BC
Bart_Cross
Feb 19, 2009
I have used Font Naviagator which comes with the Corel suite, but with ‘font preview’ in every app it is no longer necessary.

I also have the Adobe Type Library reference book if I want to look at typefaces to make a choice.
JR
John_R_Nielsen
Feb 19, 2009
Another MainType user here.

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