[X4U] MS Word and Fonts

[PoolMouse]

Daly Jessup <jessup at san.rr.com> wrote:

>At 8:59 PM -0800 2/22/06, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>Here is a strange question, is there any way to have MS Word limit
>>the number of fonts that it will actually use (display in the font
>>menu)?  I've got quite a few fonts installed on my system, yet I
>>only use about 3-5 different fonts under MS Word.
>
>There are font management programs that let you create sets of fonts
>for specific applications. FontAgent Pro comes to mind. I'm sure some
>people on the list who actually use font managers could recommend
>specific programs that work well for them.
>
>Daly

for large (read: managed environments that require font servers) 
shops, go with suitcase server/client. for smaller (read: no font 
server needed), check out linotype's free font management 
utility...incredibly, unbelievably, intelligently designed...extensis 
and the other developers should REALLY take the linotype font 
management application as an example of proper (read: smart, 
intuitive and plays nice - did i mention it's cocoa?) coding.

ps, extensis has released their new "fusion" font management 
application (only available as a stand alone client - no 
server/client available yet). it's so incredibly immature (read: it's 
a piece of beta c**p), it's not worth looking at...would wait to see 
how things develop on the server/client solution before spending 
time/money (read: does the ENTIRE library get cached locally [ala 
suitcase server] - as opposed to caching fonts that are called up 
[ala fontreserve server]???). i'm pulling for extensis...i hope they 
make the right move (hard to tell since no public beta or other 
program that allows consultants to offer input and testing during 
development of the merged program [read: extensis suitcase server's 
front end merged with fontreserve server's back end]).

:)
don
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don montalvo, nyc
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