Suitcase11: Should I pack my bags?

[seriousdesign]

I have been using Suitcase11 by Extensis for a while now and it seemed to be a decent way to navigate through the plethora of fonts we designers like to have at our finger tips. But recently it has slowed my G4 Laptop to a unfriendly halt. It also creates a unpredictable load time on most applications and the web.

Should I give it the boot? And is FontBook up to speed?

[jimking]

Your font cache may be full. Download "Font Finagler" for free and do a little cleaning. http://homepage.mac.com/mdouma46/fontfinagler/

[doubting_thomas]

I have been using Suitcase11 by Extensis for a while now and it seemed to be a decent way to navigate through the plethora of fonts we designers like to have at our finger tips. By finger tips, do you mean active? How many fonts do you have activated?

[MD]

^ that could really make a difference.

I was also reading this article earlier today and thought you may benefit from it.
http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/mac-mods/

[seriousdesign]

Thanks for the inpute yesterday on the Suitcase issue.
I checked out those articles and deactivated alot of unworthy typesfaces that were open.

cheers

[Ned]

There you go... That's the beauty of a good font manager, is keeping fonts closed until you actually need them. :)

Fontbook is good, but I like Suitcase because it's cross-platform, so you can use the same program on all machines.

[urstwile]

Ned, I'd have to disagree about Fontbook being good. I would never use it in a professional environment for font management.

At work, we use Suitcase X1, at home, I use Linotype's free Font Explorer X. The only reason I don't use Font Explorer at work is because everyone else uses Suitcase X1, and sometimes people need to be able to pull something up on my computer.

What I like about Font Explorer, however, is that you can preview fonts without activating them, because it basically scans all the fonts available on your hard drive and puts them in a database, where you can preview and activate or deactivate them as you like. Suitcase requires you to add the fonts to its database before you preview them.

[Ned]

Actually Urstwile, that was my confusion... Linotype's Font Explorer is the program I was thinking about, not Apple's FontBook. Duh.

[urstwile]

Ah, then, all is forgiven. Not that I was mad atcha. ;)

[Ned]

Oh, Urst... I know you've got all this pent up anger, just waiting to be released on me...

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[urstwile]

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I can't respond with anything other than a glittery turkey. :p

[Ned]

OMG, Kittie Kat has finally rubbed off on you! :eek:

[urstwile]

Mwahahahaha! :D

[Ned]

Get out of her, kittie kat!! Out!

[urstwile]

It's like Trilogy of Terror, GDF style. :D

[Ned]

Our version is much scarier. ;)

[urstwile]

I think I'd have to agree.

I'm possessed!

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