duplicate fonts - FD, FAP, FR, SC - HELP - mac os x 10.3.4

[DeepDish]

I have a lot of fonts.

Well over 40,000 and 4 gigs worth of fonts.

Been doing pre press for over 15 years.

I have been trying to combine all of my fonts into one set.

I have tried Font Reserve to remove duplication fonts.

I have tried Font Font Agent Pro to remove duplicate fonts.

I have tried Font Doctor to remove duplicate fonts.

I now have more duplicate fonts. I keep getting font names with an extra number at the end of the font name. For example: Times 1, Times 2, Times 3, Times 4, Times 5, ect ect.

Font Doctor is a dog. It is slow as hell. Can take over a month to go through 2 gig of fonts. No kidding. I once ran it for over three months going through all of my fonts on a seperate G3 BW mac in the corner of the office.

FAP can crash, thus causing another set of fonts with duplicate names and a new number at the end of the font name.

This is a nightmare.

What do the pros use to remove duplicate fonts and organzie thier fonts into one clean master set of fonts?

[PrintDriver]

Font Reserve.

Try doing your fonts in batches rather than all at once. (40,000 is just too many to run the comparisons thru.)
Then sort your batches down.

Never had that many fonts myself and we keep it pretty manageable now.

PrintDriver is a large format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing