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August 29th, 2007, 08:59 AM
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August 29th, 2007, 09:17 AM
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| It's completely different. Font Doctor looks at the original font files, highlighting problems such as missing printer fonts or screen fonts in Type 3 fonts, etc, etc and repairing any problems with them. But OS X and the applications that run under it write lots of font caches – and I do mean lots! My Mac is set up for graphic design, so I use lots of fonts and font-intensive applications. When I first ran Font Nuke to solve font problems that FontDoctor couldn't resolve, it found over 1500 font caches on my startup disk! It killed them all, resolving my font problems.
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August 29th, 2007, 10:28 AM
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| OK, I shall try it. I try to keep my non-system fonts down a reasonable number (around 150). I once installed a heap load of Illustrator fonts and I could see a noticeable deleterious difference in my G4's performance. My problem is that I only very occasionally do graphic design. Most of the time I don't need a large library of fonts, but then sometimes I'd like the choice. I have tried Extensor Suitcase but find it unwieldily. Any suggestions?
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August 31st, 2007, 07:16 AM
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| Here's a few more. Free donationware apps. AppleJack Onyx MenuMeters AppFresh ChargerChecker RapidoStart NeoOffice |
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August 31st, 2007, 07:49 AM
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FontBook is a complete waste of hard disk space IMHO and completely inadequate for a collection of 4000+ fonts. Suitcase works for me, is easy to use and hardly ever gives me any hassles.
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August 31st, 2007, 08:31 AM
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| suitcase sucks - big fat hairy ones - get Linotype Font Explorer X
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September 1st, 2007, 04:43 AM
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September 2nd, 2007, 07:31 PM
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| Xee is an image viewer that I always keep because it is very simple and very fast. MouseZoom extends the range of speed and acceleration options for your mouse. I found it indispensible for my Logitech, which was way too slow even on Apple's fastest setting. http://perian.org/ is a good collection of video and ausio codecs for QuickTime. Installing this will get 80% of your unrecognised media files up and running.
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