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Digital Font Size: What’s the Point?

When the prepress world moved from metal to digital type, processes changed but terminology didn't. So what does point size actually mean in the world of digital fonts?

Okta Authentication and SSO in FontAgent

Add the power of Okta user identity and authentication to your FontAgent CloudServer enterprise font management solution.

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Old Style Fonts Are New Again

Old Style fonts revive early Renaissance typefaces used by Italian scribes and printers to spread knowledge and enlightenment across the western world.

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Selecting Fonts: X-Height X-Factors

Font selection is full of x-factors, qualities that appeal to the eye or to the needs of a specific design. One of those x-factors is x-height. So what is x-height and how does it affect the way we interact with type?

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Lowercase g: The Story of Stories

Ever wonder why lowercase glyphs for the letters g and a vary in appearance? The answer involves kings, scribes, religion, power, culture and literacy. Grab some popcorn and settle into your seat because this story begins twelve hundred years ago.

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Authentication and Single Sign-on in FontAgent

Strengthen the security of your font distribution, control and compliance initiatives by integrating FontAgent® with Azure, Okta and other your authentication and directory technologies.

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Replace Monotype FontExplorer X Server

FontExplorer from Monotype is slated to sunset in June 2023. If you’re an enterprise customer of Monotype, you should replace FontExplorer with FontAgent enterprise font management and control.

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Replace Extensis Universal Type Server (UTS)

Looking for an alternative to Universal Type Server (UTS) font manager from Extensis? FontAgent Server delivers enterprise-class font management and control on-premises or in the cloud.

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FontAgent 10 Windows Highlights

Version 10 of FontAgent for Windows adds a bevy of new features that enhance the font management, control and compliance power of the World's Smartest Font Manager.

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Replace Your Dying Font Server

Are you worried that your current font manager is being discontinued? Wondering what your font server vendor’s development strategy is moving forward? If you aren’t worried, you should be. Your freedom is at stake.

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macOS Compatibility

Learn which versions of Insider font management and distribution products are compatible with Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur and other Apple macOS releases.

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FontAgent 10 for Mac Highlights

FontAgent 10 for Mac adds native M-series chip support for up to 10x faster rendering and auto-activation, macOS 12 Ventura and Adobe CC 2023 support, set filtering, dupe checking, and UI improvements.

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Auto-Activating Fonts in Adobe Applications

To keep you creating at full speed, FontAgent® supports font auto-activation in popular Adobe Creative Cloud applications.

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Using FontAgent to Detect Duplicates

Duplicate fonts are among the most common problems in font collections. Here's how to use the duplicates detector in FontAgent to find fonts that are similar to each other.

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Picture This: The Glyphs View in FontAgent

There is no more fundamental way to inspect a font than by examining the outlines of the individual glyphs that comprise the entire font.

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