- #FONT EXPLORER SERVER INSTALL#
- #FONT EXPLORER SERVER UPGRADE#
- #FONT EXPLORER SERVER PRO#
- #FONT EXPLORER SERVER MAC#
Dozens of file formats are supported, but notably not QuarkXPress. The new version also includes many unique workflow-enhancing features from previous versions.ĭetect and collect fonts in documents without opening them.
#FONT EXPLORER SERVER UPGRADE#
Your purchase or upgrade to version 7 includes dozens of professional fonts from Monotype, including Bell Gothic, Daytona Pro, Garamond MT Pro, Meta Corr Pro, Smile, Tresillian Script, and Wolpe Pegasus. You can create a Smart Set from any combination of dozens of font attributes, including when they were last activated or deactivated. Also new is the ability to use relative date options, such as the last 30, 90, or 180 days.
#FONT EXPLORER SERVER INSTALL#
IDGįontExplorer’s Plug-in Manager lets you install or remove its plug-ins for many versions of some Adobe apps and QuarkXPress.įontExplorer now remembers when each font is activated and deactivated, so you can use Smart Sets to quickly get back to fonts you recently used. When that happens, the normal FontExplorer window doesn’t open, and its Dock icon turns black instead of blue. Now in version 7, even if the FontExplorer app isn’t currently running, these plug-ins can launch the app to run in the background. Background modeįontExplorer includes plug-ins to automatically identify and activate the exact versions of fonts used in documents created by Adobe InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Quark’s QuarkXPress. You can create your own and apply any combination of classifications to a font. However, you’re not limited to only the classifications provided and assigned by FontExplorer. The Classification interface is new in version 7. To open the Classification panel, click the Edit Classification button in the Information window. The Classification panel lets you see and edit the classifications assigned to a selected font by FontExplorer, as well as add and assign your own. This makes it easy to flip through a list of your Birthday or Poster fonts for that special project.
#FONT EXPLORER SERVER PRO#
FontExplorer X Pro 7 not only automatically classifies your fonts by Style, Usage and Theme, it adds them to Smart Sets that are named with these classifications. But sometimes it’s more useful to be able to choose by intended usage, such as Book, Poster, or Screen or by theme, such as Birthday, Certificates, or Halloween. Helpfully, you can choose from several different one-line or multi-line type samples, from alphabets to your own custom text.įont aficionados know to look for fonts by style, such as Decorative, Script, or Old Style Serif. Here, these sans-serif fonts pair well with the dramatically-serifed Bernhard Modern. To see fonts in your collection that pair well with a selected font, click the Pairing tab in the preview window. In my collection of thousands of fonts, it did a reasonable job. You can shorten that time dramatically by using the new Pairing panel, which displays a list of your fonts that work well with a selected font. Once you’ve decided on a main font for a project, it can take hours to find fonts that pair well with it. To see the list, click the Similar tab in the preview window. PostScript fonts and web fonts are not included.) IDGįontExplorer can show you other fonts in your collection that appear similar to a selected font in your library. (Note: As with the other new font identification features, Similarity only works with fonts in the TrueType or OpenType formats. The new Similarity panel helpfully shows you other fonts in your collection that are similar to the one you’ve selected. Sometimes when choosing a font for your project, you find a font that’s almost what you’re looking for, but not quite. In addition to the arsenal of useful features and tools in previous versions, version 7 adds helpful and educational features, such as automatic classification of your fonts by style, suggested usage, or theme, as well as the ability to show you similar fonts, and to show you fonts that pair well with a selected font.
#FONT EXPLORER SERVER MAC#
While an up-to-date font management utility is a necessary tool for creative professionals, version 7 of FontExplorer X Pro adds features that make it appealing to any Mac user who wants to explore their font collection.