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Font Book vs. Suitcase
Fontbook v1 pros:
- Remembers what fonts were activated when shutting down and starting up
- Won't duplicate fonts in your set
- Search is pretty quick
- Preview pane auto-sizing
- Sets are somehow easier with this...
Apple basically just took the things about the current crop of Font tools that we like the least and addressed them, but left a lot to fill in. Here are a few examples:
- You can type a lot (with returns) in the preview field - mimicking a page if needed, before activating. That is awesome.
- Scrolling through fonts in preview mode is actually faster - which is largely helpful.
Not pro:
3 min to startup???
1 min to activate font???
Suitcase 10 Pros:
- Stability
- Checks for corrupted fonts
Cons:
- Self-replicating startup item
- Slow
- Forgets font activation on shutdown
Posted by Aaron R. Deutsch on February 9, 2004 6:09 PM