[G4] OSX Tiger Font issues

[Roger Harris]

I would update to OSX 10.4.3 first. Although it is very popular, I  
find Suitcase in OSX to be a dog. I have been using Font Reserve for  
several years, But in the last few months I have been trying LinoType  
FontExplorer X on two macs. This is a free application but I almost  
hate to tell you because you may think it can't be very good; Yet I  
think it may be better than anything I have paid for. Try this for a  
week or two and see if it isn't better than Suitcase. It doesn't auto  
activate all applications yet, but it does in Quark and Adobe. This  
application is in it's second beta but I haven't found any glitches  
at all. You will be shocked at the speed (with 5,000+ fonts) and  
great design of this application. If FontExplorer X isn't for you I  
recommend Font Reserve. I also tried the latest version of the highly  
recommended FontAgent Pro; Worse than Suitcase X1.

OSX Tiger uses way more resources than Panther and this may be taxing  
the 466MHz tower. For 10.4, Suitcase, Adobe CS and MS Office 2004 you  
are really pushing that 466 G4.

Article on pruning fonts in OSX: http://www.creativepro.com/story/ 
feature/20000.html

MS font problems with OSX: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313535

Roger


On Nov 30, 2005, at 4:12 PM, J C wrote:

> I have been using Tiger OSX 10.4.2 for about 2 months
> and have noticed a reduction in processing speed as
> well as font issues. I have a G4 466mhz Digital Audio
> Mac with 1.25Gb of Ram. My hardrive is split into OSX
> (21.37Gb/12.16 Gb unused) and Classic 9 (9.87Gb/9.09Gb
> unused). I rarely use Classic maybe once every 3-6
> months. OSX drive shows as smart verified and
> permissions are regularly updated. What's hogging all
> the memory?
> I use Suitcase X1 to manage my fonts. I use 1000s of
> fonts in my graphic design business. Applications are
> Adobe CS all programs as well as Mac Office 2004,
> Stuffit, Toast and Quark. When I upgraded Panther OSX
> to Tiger OSX, what seemed to be comprehensible now
> seems very confusing with all of the new font names.
> Anybody know what system fonts, user fonts and Classic
> fonts are essential to run this computer and where
> they need to be located. Information I have found is
> piecemeal at best. Thanks
>