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FontExplorer X

FontExplorer X

Professional font management utility.

Version:  1.2.3

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Mostly solid

Feedback Type:  Review

Contributed by: slyfly Tuesday, March 14 2006 @ 08:03 PM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Less than a month

After using FEX for a while (since FC3) I'm convinced it is the best implementation of a font manager to date.

The v1 release has one problem I'm experiencing, all the plugins seem to work well except in InDesign CS1, where it shows a dialog 'opening fonts' with an option to cancel. It stays on this indefintiely until I hit cancel, when InDesign proceeds to unexpectedly quit.

Did have this issue in FC4, nor did I see that dialog box. Otherwise it keeps getting more solid with each release. Good work.   
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2 comments |

Mostly solid - pomegranate

Having the exact same problem. I have emailed them with this, hopefully get a reply soonish. Are you running it on 10.3.9?

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Wednesday, March 15 2006 @ 12:18 AM PST


Mostly solid - pomegranate

I think after trying out a few tests with different pref settings, that it maybe the InDesign plug-in which is set to auto activate. I turned this off and left the others on, ie interception of font requests etc, and it working OK for now. I have notified Linotype so hopefully we will get an answer soon.

Cheers

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Thursday, March 16 2006 @ 02:08 AM PST