Font managers and OS choices?

[Snow White]

Have to agree - once in OSX you will not want OS9 ever again, unless 
you absolutely need it.  I have not seen a frozen system since leaving 
9 for 10.2.  10.3 has font management built in but I have not tried it 
yet - heard it was adaquate.  I suggest you add a new drive to your 
computer with OSX on it or partition your current drive and install OS9 
on one and OSX on the other and begin using X and Classic.  You can 
boot into 9 if you need to.  Sort of the best of both worlds.  Check 
ebay for your program updates - I saved goobs of dough by purchasing 
upgrade versions and/or full versions of nearly every Adobe program I 
need via ebay.  M$ Office is expensive, even on ebay, but at least a 
bit more palatable.

jj

On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 04:46 PM, Power Macintosh G4 List 
wrote:


>
> I am a loooong time (before computers) graphic artist. I have been on
> computers since 1991. I provide support for a few graphics folk and 
> some
> artist. I have at least 5,000 fonts on my work station.
>
> I have used all the major font management programs on OS 9.x and all
> versions of OSX. The best font manager on any platform or OS version is
> Font Reserve. Suitcase (SC) is very good, but not as good. Extensis 
> owns
> Suitcase and has recently acquired Font Reserve (FR). OS 10.3 is 
> causing
> a need for an update on SC and FR. I am sure Extensis is doing
> something. They will be rolling the programs together sometime; When? I
> am guessing that the next fix on FR will let you go until the next 
> major
> OS update you make. I haven't had a paid update on FR since OSX v1.
>
> FR 3.1.xx will install and work well for OS X and Classic.
>
> You will also need a program called Font Doctor or Font Doctor X; it
> makes much deeper font repairs than the font managers. This is a real
> must have for OS X, as it is very picky about the condition of fonts.
>
> You can just get you old fonts on a zip and move them. SC or FR will
> install them and organize them. The fonts are good in OS9 and OSX; FR
> will handle all updates transparently.
>
> You are in a place were you need to make a plan for moving to OSX; OS 9
> is at the end. It is costly to move to OSX; all your programs need to 
> be
> updated. Panther will run almost as snappy on your mac as OS 9. It has 
> a
> font manager but it is too buggy at this point and will never be good
> for professional work. You should plan to go to OS X 10.3 and try to
> update Quark to 6 as soon as you can, although it works fine in 
> Classic.
> OR Adobe might make a move to InDesign CS very attractive. I don't know
> if you will want FR before or after Quark, but I recommend going to OSX
> before buying font management software.
>
> A 2.x version of Disk Warrior will work fine for Panther for quit
> awhile; you will boot to OS 9 before booting to DW. Panther has a lot 
> of
> free and cheap shareware utilities available that will keep it humming.
>
> OSX needs at least 512 mb of RAM. after you get your main programs to
> OSX and get adjusted to the new EVERYTHING, you will never want to see
> OS 9 again.
>
> Roger
>
> ***************************************
>
> Ascender wrote:
>> Hello fellow G4 owners
>>
>> I have a G4; quicksilver 800 and admit that I am slow to make changes.
>>
>> Previously I had a 7600/120 for years and managed those fonts; saving 
>> my
>> favorites; tossing the rest.  When I moved to the G4 I gave up my 
>> favorite
>> fonts and stuck with those that came with the computer.  I would like 
>> to go
>> back and get some of those fonts and was wondering the best way to do 
>> this:
>> to use my iomega zip drive? To go out and purchase a font manager?
>>
>> I am also dragging my feet on this decision as I am still in OS 9.2;
>> concerned about what will happen should I convert to classic mode; 
>> let alone
>> OS X.2 or OS.X.3.  Will I need to pay for further updates on the font
>> manager?  Will I need to toss out fonts with each upgrade?  Do fonts 
>> act
>> differently in OS X; let alone OS X.3?
>>
>> I work mostly out of Quark 5.0; and don¹t have enough funds to update 
>> it and
>> OS x.3 and Disc Warrior etc.  Could someone suggest not only a good 
>> font
>> manager; but a OS mode (classic? 9.2? OSX.3?) that will allow me to 
>> work
>> without the constant need of upgrade?  Am I alone in this struggle?
>>
>> Thank you for your time and attention.