Typophile

Font management on a PC

Pattie P

I work on a Mac platform but I need help from production artists who work on PCs. I would like them to be able to remove my fonts when they are done with my projects. I had one gal download the 30day Suitcase trial but it crashed. I am not a PC person so I can't trouble shoot for her. I use it and it works fine on the Mac. I thought maybe there is a way to temporarily install fonts on a PC. Maybe an alias font folder that can be placed in the font folder? Any ideas? I don't want her to keep adding more fonts to her system because she is bogged down already.

Don McCahill

Depending on the font supplier, I don't think you are allowed to give your fonts to your production people.

I work on a PC, and really haven't found a good font manager. I hear the latest (free) offering from Linotype is pretty good, but I haven't used it yet.

jayyy

I use an old version of Suitcase on the PC and it works fine.

Sharon Van Lieu

The latest free offering from Linotype caused major problems with my computer. It deleted essential system fonts!! I use Typograf. Works great. I have also used an older version of Suitcase. Main Type and Font Expert are good choices also.

Sharon

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