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What’s New in FontAgent 8.2 for Mac

FontAgent 8 for Mac adds new font previews, more free fonts, lightning-fast search, freeform comments and tagging, improved metadata and integrity engines, and automatic cache clearing—and supports macOS High Sierra, Adobe Typekit, Creative Cloud 2018 and QuarkXpress 2018.

Auto-Activation in QuarkXPress

FontAgent for Mac includes QuarkXPress XTension plugins, including one for Quark 2018, that automatically activate fonts in Quark documents as you open them in the popular graphic design and page layout application.

Adobe and Quark Plug-Ins

To keep you creating at full speed, FontAgent includes font auto-activation plugins for Adobe Creative Cloud 2018 and XTensions for QuarkXPress 2018.

What’s in FontAgent Server?

FontAgent Server integrates a variety of font management services into its FontFlex™ foundation to serve the needs of organizations of any size.

FontAgent Includes 2100+ Free Fonts

With the introduction of FontAgent® 8.1, Insider has increased the size of its open source font collection by more than fifty percent to more than 2100 fonts from the Google library. We've used FontAgent's font integrity engine to verify and validate the fonts, and eliminate duplicate and corrupt ones—so you can depend on them to render and print properly.

macOS Compatiblity

Learn which releases of Apple's macOS operating system, including Sierra and El Capitan, are supported by various Insider font and asset management products.

Why Track Font Licenses?

Similar to other software licenses, a font license states the terms of use granted to you when you purchase or download a font. FontAgent Server lets you store, track and enforce your font licenses to help you comply with their terms.

FontAgent Terminology

FontAgent adds a layer of lingo to font and typography terminology. Here's a list of some terms that describe font management functionality in FontAgent servers and clients.

Font and Typography Terminology

Font management has a unique and specific language all its own. Here is a sampling of terms you might encounter when working with fonts and FontAgent software.

Expiring Font Assignments in FontAgent Server

FontAgent Server lets you auto-expire the assignment of FontFlex objects to each other so you can recall fonts and sets from users and groups at the end of projects and contractor engagements.