Lots of software, for example Comic Life, iWork and Microsoft Office, install extra fonts onto your computer when they are installed. If you have installed a new printer for example from Canon or Epson, it may have come with extra fonts that were installed on your computer. This article looks at where the fonts live on your computer and how you can you copy them to another computer.Ĭhances are you have more than the fonts that just came with your computer. This can cause a problem if you create a keynote presentation or pages document on your computer, and then you go to use it on a different laptop where those fonts are not installed. OS X comes with a heap of built-in fonts (eg Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande) but chances are you have more than just these few on your computer. And if I replace either on (or both) all I need to do is sign into Suitcase, and everything just syncs back to where it was.A font is what your computer uses to display and print text. It’s great that adding a font to my MacBook Pro automatically adds is to my iMac. In the end, I do find the cloud sync in Suitcase a compelling feature. There was a day, back before people thought much about licenses, and you’d just hang onto fonts you ran across. I could probably get away with using Fontbook with the size of my licensed font collection. I do like the way inDesign packages the fonts and reads them directly without having to load them in the system, which makes it convenient when someone sends you the working files for a project. Since the production workflow is all PDF now days you really don't need to send any fonts to a printer as they are embedded in the document. I loaded up the entire Adobe font folio with Font Book and never needed to open the app again. Since the introduction of OS X there doesn't seem to be an issue with that anymore. Back then loaded fonts would consume a lot of system resources so you would load and unload them as necessary. I also used Suitcase in the 90s with System 9. Suitecase now offers a cloud sync so you can keep 2 (or more, if you are willing to pay for more licenses) Macs in sync font-wise.Īnyone else interested in pro level font managers? But I see other software when working on-site with different clients. I’ve been a Suitcase guy, mostly because it was the first utility I used professionally in the mid 90s. While this is certainly useful information, I’d really love to see AppleInsider cover pro-level font management software like Suitcase Fusion or Font Agent Pro.

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