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#1 2005-03-28 8:05 am
- ckm
- f/k/a captkevman
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Font Repair Utility recommendations?
Howdy folks!
Well, I'm now supporting dtp and video graphics pros, and I'm running across a lot of corrupt font issues. Upon looking online, I see Font Doctor and Font Agent, with about the same ratings on versiontracker.
Does anyone here use either (or both)? If so, what are your recommendations? I'm particularly interested in hearing experiences with volume licensing (since I'll be recommending a volume license for our company), but I'm interested in hearing feedback from anyone using these apps.
Thanks! 
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#2 2005-03-30 3:38 am
Re: Font Repair Utility recommendations?
I've used Font Doctor, but not Font Agent. FD is OK, but it does have some quirky interface aspects to it. I'm also never sure that I completely trust all of it's reports about corrupt fonts.
Having said that, it can be extremely useful as a first step in cleaning up thousands of scatter-gunned fonts and putting them into some kind of order. However, I've generally found that some kind of manual intervention is necessary later on. Along with Suitcase's corrupt fonts and system fonts management features, I have generally managed to coral all of my fonts into shape.
Hope that helps. I'd also be interested in reports of Font Agent.
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