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Posted by Gerald Barlow (Member # 3477) on :
 
I use Flexi 8.6 and spent an hour looking for a particular script. Does anyone have a trick to organize the fonts? If I could get the scripts together it would save mucho (a lot) of time! Jer/Artworx
 
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
 
I have a font program whose name I can't remember (it's not on this internet PC) and you can have a bunch of fonts installed, but also have them in separate folders on the PC, and it can preview your text in just the ones in that folder, if you want, as opposed to previewing every installed font.

It was free, but the only problem is it is old and won't show Open Type fonts, only TTF, and I'd love to be able to convert some OTF to TTF so they'd show up.
I have a couple of programs that work only from TTF and it is a bit of a nuisance to have to open a different program, type them in OTF and convert to curves then save as ai and the open the new program & import the file.

BT Font Navigator (free with Corel Draw) was another, but I have not used that in years.

You could try here:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/05/25-font-management-tools-reviewed/

[ February 11, 2014, 08:43 PM: Message edited by: Ian Stewart-Koster ]
 
Posted by Shirley Carron (Member # 2446) on :
 
I wish I could remember the name of the program I had years ago; it allowed me to sort out all my fonts into sub-catagories.

The fonts I liked to use for 'body text' went in a category and 'cartoon' fonts were all together and I could put "headline' fonts in another file.

There was no end to how many files you could name and sort into.

Wait! That must have been a dream I had!

When we upgraded computers or went from Casmate to Inspire, not sure which, I seem to have lost that little program.
 
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
 
contact Dave Simpson, at Sign DNA...
 
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
 
Ger, you can organize them into folders with easy to find titles and view them with a wonderful utility called "The Font Thing."
http://download.cnet.com/The-Font-Thing/3000-10248_4-127875.html
 
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
 
That's it: The Font Thing! (Thanks, Rick!)

Except the version I had doesn't do Open Type Fonts.
Terrific program.
 
Posted by Gerald Barlow (Member # 3477) on :
 
Thanx, Reek...but can't download the file because of all the ads and malware attached. Got a clean address? Jer
 
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
 
Reminds me once again of how little computers have advanced in our time..

Ding!

Everytime you hear the "Ding", it means we havn't made our computing world any better.
 
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
 
If I were a highly paid app designer, I would have this ready by COB tomorrow. All for a $1.99
That baby would go in, take a look at your font file folder and sort them out in all the subcatagories you wish.

Then, every month it would build it's own "favorite" folder based on what you use the most.

Do I win?
 
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
 
Yes, Mike, you win, except that it would need to be able to ignore arial and times bold/roman or word/text/email documents...
 


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