Use a font manager. Linotype Font Explorer X is the best on the Mac side.

yea, im using Lino but I want to categorize/ organize them efficiently.

It depends on how you use type and the sort of work you do. Take advantage of folders, sets, and smart sets.

> I have so many fonts and they are everywhere!

The best way to organize fonts is to duplicate the Fonts directory and then delete most of them form the main directory.

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I was going to use the Vox-ATypI classification, but I think it’ll end up taking to much of my time. I have them organised by foundry atm using smartsets.

The Extensis guys said that they manually organize huge lists of categorizations of fonts for their software font managers. I don’t have Suitcase Fusion, but I seem to recall that it worked decently when I used it on a friend’s computer.

That being said, I use Font Explorer X.

It does have smart sets, but I have yet to figure out how to get them to work the way I want them to.

The problem with the VOX system is that it does a great job of classifying classical fonts. But what do you do with something like the IM Fell fonts or a rough script from Veer?

A generic “Display” category? Lame.

Font Explorer X here too.