Duplicate Font Search by Glyph, Rename PS Fonts
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:36 am
Font Expert is by far the BEST font manager that I've found anywhere. I've been using it for a year now, and have had no problems. At this time, there are only two missing features that would improve my workflow:
1. Searching for duplicate fonts. Searching by facename is not accurate. There are often multiple fonts with the same name but are in fact different typefaces. Secondly, there are very often multiple fonts with different names but are the same typeface. It would be VERY useful if duplicates could be found based on glyphs. Fonts that aren't 100% identical should be reported. For example, maybe a font is 95% identical: same typeface, but some characters are slightly different.
2. When trying to change the filename of Adobe PostScript fonts, the fonts become corrupted and don't work anymore. A filename like "EU___.pfm" doesn't mean anything to me. I'd rather have a more-descriptive filename.
1. Searching for duplicate fonts. Searching by facename is not accurate. There are often multiple fonts with the same name but are in fact different typefaces. Secondly, there are very often multiple fonts with different names but are the same typeface. It would be VERY useful if duplicates could be found based on glyphs. Fonts that aren't 100% identical should be reported. For example, maybe a font is 95% identical: same typeface, but some characters are slightly different.
2. When trying to change the filename of Adobe PostScript fonts, the fonts become corrupted and don't work anymore. A filename like "EU___.pfm" doesn't mean anything to me. I'd rather have a more-descriptive filename.