Why Fonts Manager is a better way to manage Fonts...

PROBLEM 0: Hey! Neither Suitcase™ nor MasterJuggler Pro™ were compatible with Mac OS 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1, 8.6, or Mac OS 9 when each was released! And both companies admitted to this freely!!!

ANSWER: You're right! And there might be others out there that aren't either. Fonts Manager may be just the answer, until 'patches' for these utilities are developed! This did not happen with Fonts Manager, because it is neither a Control Panel, nor an Extension! AND it does NOT run in the background, pretending not to be a Control Panel or Extension.



PROBLEM 1: The System Software can only use fonts contained in the first 128 font suitcases in the System Folder. To get around this hard limit, these utilities must 'patch' the system to make fonts available at specific times. If the 'patch' is not successful, applications will crash, and you may lose precious data.

ANSWER: Fonts Manager, like Extensions Manager, simply rearranges files, and then gets out of the way, so you can work!



PROBLEM 2: This 'patch' requires either an Extension or a Control Panel to do its work. Again, if the 'patch' is not successful, you may crash at startup, or you may need to do extensive troubleshooting to find the cause of the crash at startup, before you realize it is one of these utilities.

ANSWER: Fonts Manager is NEITHER a Control Panel NOR an Extension, and CANNOT cause problems at startup!



PROBLEM 3: Each time Apple revises the System Software, these utilities may not work properly until a new 'patch' arrives, or an updated version is made available.

ANSWER: When the Fonts folder was first introduced with System Software 7.1, Apple developers were given exact guidelines for font usage. Apple has not changed this strategy, and will likely keep this same set of guidelines in future releases of the Mac OS. Fonts Manager has been written using these same guidelines, and should work flawlessly, even when Apple revises its system software.



PROBLEM 4: Commercial font management utilities may be complicated. With this extra sophistication comes extra room for extension conflicts. If you MUST have font management without restarting, use one of these. These are good utilities, and may be for you, but may require some extra troubleshooting, many times requiring toll calls to technical support, and an occasional 'clean install' of your system software.

ANSWER: Fonts Manager is very easy to understand. In the System Folder, two new folders are created: 'Fonts (Printer Fonts)' and 'Fonts (Suitcases)'. Your Custom set of fonts will reside in the regular Fonts folder. Any 'disabled' fonts (fonts you temporarily won't be using) will be in either of the other two folders. Simple!



PROBLEM 5: Commercial font management utilities may be EXPENSIVE.

ANSWER: Fonts Manager is EASY and CHEAP! You may try it for 30 days, and if you like it, the shareware fee is a mere ten dollars ($10). And you may purchase multiple copies at an even greater savings. The Site License is only $150. The World-Wide License is only $500.