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Non-NU Email I wondered where the glyphs were. A basic user base would be helpful as well, or did I completely miss it? BAB On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 8:09 PM Karen Ackoff < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Non-NU Email > ------------------------------ > I’m just beginning to try Fontba.se > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Fontba.se&d=DwMFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=AGYZ7-AeerjxzYnIwL-lBLFI3SPYN3BDmku4qGQB4Tg&m=4HdR43-5PtduSJQtAM8VHLFrn-2nGE5ahyX8Uneqqs0&s=aCcgKek4f22seN9zfSk_tDaU8wh8pTnKMloRXME7FKQ&e=> to > manage my fonts. > > Some reviews are misleading and some have silly complaints. > > One complaint was that the app only works when it’s open. Well, yeah. > Extensis Suitcase and FontXplorer work the same way - they are open in the > background. So in order for it to be seamless, you would enable launch at > startup in the System Prefs. > > Another was a complaint that it is slow. For me, it’s had an immediate > response, so maybe the user had other issues going on. > > And yet another was that the interface is black & white. It is, but that > isn’t an issue for me. > > I had it up and running in seconds. > > First, I should clarify that while it is free, it requires a subscription > to “get more features”. These features are: super search (search based on > font properties such as x-height, contrast, etc.); auto-activation > (activates fonts automatically in Photoshop, Illustration, InDesign; > advanced glyphs (view and copy all of the font glyphs on the specimen page… > I’m not quite sure what this does); and multiple views (view in a grid). > Unfortunately, a reminder to subscribe does pop up… but this only happened > when I launched the program (so far). Subscriptions are $3/month or > $29/year. Extensis Suitcase is $84/year and FontXplorer is $99. I have not > yet subscribed… I still have 2 months left on my Suitcase subscription so I > want to run that out. > > If you have fonts in a Word document, Fontba.se > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Fontba.se&d=DwMFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=AGYZ7-AeerjxzYnIwL-lBLFI3SPYN3BDmku4qGQB4Tg&m=4HdR43-5PtduSJQtAM8VHLFrn-2nGE5ahyX8Uneqqs0&s=aCcgKek4f22seN9zfSk_tDaU8wh8pTnKMloRXME7FKQ&e=> > will not activate them automatically (neither with Extensis Suitcase). > Haven’t tested this yet in Adobe apps. If you activate a font while Word is > open, you will need to relaunch Word to make the font available. Same for > Extensis Suitcase. > > One thing I did notice is that Fontba.se > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Fontba.se&d=DwMFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=AGYZ7-AeerjxzYnIwL-lBLFI3SPYN3BDmku4qGQB4Tg&m=4HdR43-5PtduSJQtAM8VHLFrn-2nGE5ahyX8Uneqqs0&s=aCcgKek4f22seN9zfSk_tDaU8wh8pTnKMloRXME7FKQ&e=> does > not let you create folders within it. You can add folders from elsewhere on > your drive. Reviews did say it works best when fonts are on the internal > hard drive but I haven’t tested this either. Extensis Suitcase does let you > make named folders… so for example, I make a folder for temp fonts on a > brochure project. In Fontba.se > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Fontba.se&d=DwMFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=AGYZ7-AeerjxzYnIwL-lBLFI3SPYN3BDmku4qGQB4Tg&m=4HdR43-5PtduSJQtAM8VHLFrn-2nGE5ahyX8Uneqqs0&s=aCcgKek4f22seN9zfSk_tDaU8wh8pTnKMloRXME7FKQ&e=>, > I’d have to make that folder myself on my hard drive and then add it to > Fontba.se > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Fontba.se&d=DwMFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=AGYZ7-AeerjxzYnIwL-lBLFI3SPYN3BDmku4qGQB4Tg&m=4HdR43-5PtduSJQtAM8VHLFrn-2nGE5ahyX8Uneqqs0&s=aCcgKek4f22seN9zfSk_tDaU8wh8pTnKMloRXME7FKQ&e=>. > For me, although I like the convenience of making folders within the app, > this is not a dealbreaker. > > I also see that Fontba.se > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Fontba.se&d=DwMFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=AGYZ7-AeerjxzYnIwL-lBLFI3SPYN3BDmku4qGQB4Tg&m=4HdR43-5PtduSJQtAM8VHLFrn-2nGE5ahyX8Uneqqs0&s=aCcgKek4f22seN9zfSk_tDaU8wh8pTnKMloRXME7FKQ&e=> lets > you activate or deactivate fonts. Extensis lets you do a temporary > activation (fonts deactivate when you restart). I like this feature also, > but again it is not a deal breaker. > > So that’s my take so far. > > K > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? 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