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Organizing Your Fonts by Family

Organizing fonts into families is one of the many functions of a professional font manager. Learn how to use FontAgent® to organize your font families the way you want.

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Dealing with Duplicate Fonts

There are many ways that apparently similar fonts can differ from each other. It’s crucial to understand the differences so you select thee right fonts to use in your creative projects.

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How FontAgent Server Works for You

FontAgent® Server integrates a variety of services into a comprehensive font management solution that meets the requirements of IT, legal, business, marketing and creative departments.

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Time is Running Out for Type 1 Fonts

The days of the venerated PostScript Type 1 font format are unfortunately drawing to a close. What can you do to update your Type 1 font collection so it works moving forward? FontAgent® can help.

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Explore Your Fonts with FontAgent

FontAgent® reveals a treasure trove of font metadata, metrics and descriptive details that you can search, sort and explore as you select fonts and make Smart Sets — on both Mac and Windows platforms.

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Font Usage Reports in FontAgent CloudServer

FontAgent® CloudServer provides detailed font usage reports you need to track and control font usage and license compliance across your organization.

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Save with FontAgent CloudServer

FontAgent® CloudServer, Insider’s cloud-based font management service, makes a strong economic case as the premier solution for organizations of all sizes.

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FontAgent 9 for Windows Highlights

FontAgent® 9 for Windows features a variety of new features and performance improvements to the world's most powerful font manager. Organize, discover, create and share your font collection through a powerful, familiar and customizable Windows interface.

Windows Compatibility

Learn which versions of Insider font management and distribution products are compatible with which versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

What’s in a Font Name?

Font names can be cool, cute and even comical. But what does a font’s name actually say about it? In almost all cases, font names start with their family names and include style and metric terms to differentiate them from their siblings.

What is FontAgent CloudServer?

FontAgent® CloudServer centralizes control of font integrity, organization and distribution and compliance for organizations of any size.

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Command and Control of User Desktop Fonts

FontAgent® Server includes a variety of customizable controls for syncing, displaying and managing fonts on client desktops.

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Bondi Release of FontAgent Server

The Bondi Release of FontAgent® Server adds more organization, configurability, control and consistency to the world’s most advanced solution for organizing, optimizing, distributing and tracking your fonts.

FontFlex Server Architecture

FontAgent® Server's FontFlex architecture organizes font management into its basic elements—fonts, sets, tags, users, groups, font licenses and enterprise directories. Those elements automatically interact with each other as you import fonts, add users and assign fonts to them.

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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.

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