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1. #Mac os alternative to extensis suitcase fusion pro
2. #Mac os alternative to extensis suitcase fusion software

Yeah, it wasn't quite as fast as I had hoped, and it at times has a hiccup, but it's light-years ahead of Suitcase (or maybe it's just a testament to how AWFUL of a program Suitcase is). Not only was it free, but it was faster than Suitcase in loading, seemed much more stable, fast, intelligent, complete (even as an alpha), better designed, more intuitive, and generally without any major problems. I was tempted to just trash it and go back to managing fonts by manually moving larger sets as appropriate in conjuction with FontBook.

#Mac os alternative to extensis suitcase fusion software

and ultimately have me upset that I spent $100 on a piece of software that just made me even more frustrated and annoyed with font issues. It seemed to work OK (I have about 4000 fonts - mostly PostScript/OpenType with some in TrueType/.dfont), but it took forever to load (even with just my 200 font 'standard' set) would crash all the time, would just randomly slow my computer down, annoy me with it's strange interface quirks and non-intuitive group/set management, etc. Last summer I purchased Suitcase X1 (most recent version before Fusion). I'm almost wondering if those that are praising Suitcase and knocking FontExplorerX are using the same two programs that I've used. I would highly recommend using FontExplorerX first, to get used to the concept of font management, and then, if you find there are features that it lacks, and you're able to spend a couple bucks, look into either of the other two options. Extensis Suitcase - cumbersome, clunky, doesn't manage as well as others I've used.

#Mac os alternative to extensis suitcase fusion pro

FontAgent Pro (by ) - not free, but handles lots of fonts wonderfully, allows you to create libraries, manage system fonts, and lots moreģ. FontExplorerX - free, easy to use interface (similar to iTunes)Ģ. It's not worth trying to work with, even if you're an everyday office user. So, what I recommend is to ditch FontBook. One bad version of a font, and bam! your system can get locked up, not startup properly, etc. It also seems that OS X is very vulnerable when it comes to fonts. from a prepress and design background, I know that fonts can be a huge headache.