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[New app] Fontcase
Bohemian Coding are working on a killer font library software, it looks really sexy.
Been beta testing for a while and it starting to get very useable.
I'm sure they need feedback from typophiles and not just mac users in general, so do sign up for the newsletter and they'll send you the url for the beta.
http://www.bohemiancoding.com/fontcase/
Loving the previewing of fonts!
Screenshot here:
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22 Dec 2008 — 3:32pm
I'm eager to try it, but it crashed when importing my (admittedly very large) FontExplorer X library, and when importing a large folder of fonts.
22 Dec 2008 — 3:33pm
Font library sharing? The font vendors are going to love this one…
22 Dec 2008 — 4:14pm
Is that something different from what FontAgent Pro and Suitcase server apps do?
22 Dec 2008 — 4:14pm
James: Agreed, that's a very touchy subject and I'm glad I'm not the one fronting that :)
Stephen Coles: they released a new beta some hours ago, and one of the fixes we're importing so you might wanna try again.
22 Dec 2008 — 11:29pm
a killer font library software
I wouldn't call it that. It's a great alternative for people currently using Font Book.
But professional designers should look out for the new Fontexplorer released in January.
23 Dec 2008 — 6:07am
Didnt know it was getting a new version.
Any news posts, teasers or info on that release, Ralf?
23 Dec 2008 — 7:16am
Can't talk about it until the beginning of MacWorld. But it's just 2 weeks away …
23 Dec 2008 — 8:36am
Is that something different from what FontAgent Pro and Suitcase server apps do?
Well, in this case the app doesn’t appear to be a font server. Unless it’s just a very simple server, which makes sense now that I think about it. I was thinking more of urban coffee shops full of designers swapping fonts around the way one can with iTunes sharing.
23 Dec 2008 — 9:04am
What makes Fontcase interesting is how you are able to link info on Foundries, sort them by designer, genre, or even see the pdf specimen, and it also differentiates the font from each other when set in the typeface's actual typeface and not Lucida Grande which FontExplorer does at the moment. Excited to see what Linotype has got up their sleeve!
23 Dec 2008 — 10:33am
Ralf, will the new version of LTFX still be freeware? Can you say, or is it that you can tell me, but you'd have to then kill me?
23 Dec 2008 — 1:26pm
There's also Universal Type Server from Extensis.
http://www.extensis.com/en/products/universaltypeserver/index.jsp
26 Dec 2008 — 3:35am
I only took a quick look on the screenshot, but is white text on a dark transparent background the only way to preview fonts?
26 Dec 2008 — 4:29am
You can chose Waterfall at the bottom, or press cmd+5.
20 Jan 2009 — 7:25pm
it has just been released!
http://www.bohemiancoding.com/?Fontcase
21 Mar 2012 — 11:18pm
BeeFont is very good alternative to Fontcase. It is the ultimate font utility for users who require a quick, easy and comprehensive overview of all their fonts on Mac.