Like any database management system, FontExplorer is only as effective as the information you give it, but there are many different options for that information, and that makes FontExplorer infinitely useful, whether you’re a professional designer, typographer, or font-lover. For example, in the Information popup, the Summary headings are all displayed in pale gray, and are very hard to read and although the color labels are customizable, the defaults are so faint I thought they were grayed-out and unavailable to use. The biggest problem I had with FontExplorer, however, was reading some of the text. For example, you can change the color of your sample text and the background color of your highlighted text, but the buttons look the same and there’s nothing to tell you (other than trial and error) which is which. Also, the buttons are few, but I really wish FontExplorer included hover labels.
#FONT XPLORER X INSTALL#
There are a few annoyances with FontExpert: Use Custom setup if you don’t want to install Apple’s Bonjour. FontExplorer also won’t let you deactivate fonts that are used by your system (they are displayed with a padlock symbol next to them and a grayed-out checkbox). Unlike similar Printer’s Apprentice ($29), which uninstalls or deletes unwanted fonts, FontExplorer deactivates fonts using a check box system, which means you can deactivate an entire group at once. It took less than thirty seconds for FontExplorer to scan and import my 1,000 plus fonts from WindowsFonts. If you leave the software set to the default (not moving or copying fonts to a new unique folder) you can still manage them and may select to find either all active fonts or just the ones in WindowFonts.
#FONT XPLORER X PRO#
The default is no font organization but you may also copy fonts to a FontExplorer folder, or move them. The FontExplorer X Pro Slideshow function offers you the possibility to see the appearance of a text string in all the styles associated with a certain typeface: input a text string, specify the text size, alignment, and leading, and then employ the slideshow player buttons to visualize the different styles.
#FONT XPLORER X HOW TO#
Learning how to search using these fields takes time and effort.On initial start up, FontExplorer gives you some great options for organizing your fonts. So why would you need a font management system? For professional designers (and those of us who may have a little font-collection problem) software like FontExplorer X Pro is key to easily managing and organizing fonts both inside and outside the WindowsFonts folder.Īttaching labels, ratings, and comments to your fonts using FontExplorer is very easy. After all, in the pre-XP days, Adobe Type Manager (now obsolete) was a necessity even to install fonts now with Windows XP, Vista, and 7, you simply drag-and-drop them to the right folder (with some fiddling in XP). If you’re old enough to understand the reference when I say my font collection rivals Imelda Marcos’s shoe collection, you’re probably delighted with the current WindowsFonts folder.
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