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Sandbox for fonts



Surely some of you have already found a font manager to your liking, and many still slaughter the system and drop-down lists with hundreds of fonts, most of which are not used every day. In addition, with each new version of Windows the number of standard fonts increases in a progression:

To avoid the headache from turning all the fonts, in order to optimize the workflow, there are many managers, most of them are paid, have specific UIs and are very rarely updated. Below I made a selection of the top 5 paid and free applications:


Having tried all the trial versions of paid applications, I came to the conclusion that the paid functionality is not relevant for me, and I made a choice in favor of the Nexus Font . It is free, small, fast, intuitive, with the most beautiful UI (a la Mac) of all on the market, and performs all the functions assigned to it as a sandbox. Let's start with it:
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1. Nexus Font 2.5




The fastest of the programs provided: In the Nexus Font there is no automatic scanning of libraries and fonts at the start of the application, due to which it starts in a matter of seconds. In the case of Windows 8, this application shows the best performance in speed and ease of operation.

License: Free for all (Donate)
Last updated: July 2012
Supported OS: Windows XP - Windows 8

Opportunities:

Nexus Font Page

2. Suitcase Fusion 4




License: $ 99.95 for Windows and $ 99.95 for Mac (separate license for each OS).
The localized version will be more expensive, its price will be $ 131.
Last updated: October 2012
Supported OS: Windows XP - Windows 8

Opportunities:

Suitcase Fusion page .
There is a full trial version for 30 days.

3. MainType 5




License: $ 39.00 for the Standard version and $ 79.00 for the Professional .
The significant difference between revisions is the limit of 10,000 fonts and the lack of Creative Suite plug-ins .
Last updated: October 2012
Supported OS: Windows 2000 - Windows 8

Opportunities:

MainType page .
There is a full Trial-version of 30

4. FontExpert 2011 R3




The application is the most functional in my opinion, but in my case it very often fell and itself corrupted its bases. Despite frequent updates, no significant progress has been noticed in it since 2009. Not the most convenient interface has become the main drawback.

License: $ 59.00
Last updated: October 2012
Supported OS: Windows 2000 - Windows 8

Opportunities:

FontExpert page .
There is a full trial version for 30 days.

5. FontExplorer X




License: $ 100.00
Last updated: October 2012
Supported OS: Windows / Mac

Legislative application is originally from Mac from Linotype . In general, the application performs the functions of most of the applications mentioned above, and in the version for Mac in many ways surpasses them. The functionality of FontExplorer for Windows and Mac is very different in favor of the Mac version.

In turn
FontExplorer X for Windows

looks pretty shabby, using the same Ribbon-like interface as FontExpert . at the same time, it has a common Nexus Font functionality (Except for integration with Creative Suite and QuarkXPress )

FontExplorer X page .
There is a full trial version for 30 days.

The review was not included, but there are also such (in part questionable and outdated) applications:
For Mac:
MasterJuggler : Price - $ 89.95
FontAgent Pro 5 : Price - $ 99.95

For windows
FontAgent Pro 5 : Price - $ 149.95
'Typograph : Price - $ 35
Advanced Font Viewer : Price - $ 42

UPD: The iAlex user also paid attention to the Fontcase application for Mac , in addition to the font management capabilities, you can additionally buy the application Fontcase for iOS, and view the fonts on the Retina Display of your device.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/156775/

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