I don't want to end my font addiction, just make it manageable.
May 14, 2010 12:56 PM   Subscribe

Okay I've got WAAAAY too many fonts in photoshop. Is there any sort of organizer plug in for it that can keep them grouped by genres or something?

I love fonts. I do. And I've been adding them for different projects for a while now. The problem is, it takes me forever to scroll through and find the ones I'm looking for. What I need is some way to break them up. A category for SANS-SERIFS, one for INDIE, one for CARTOON, one for DOUCHEY (the fonts for all things that look like Affliction or Ed Hardy)

Is there such a thing you can add in photoshop? Please tell me it's so.
posted by rileyray3000 to Technology (8 answers total) 12 users marked this as a favorite
 
If you have a Mac then Linotype font explorer X will be your best best best friend. Grouping and then turning on/off groups of fonts is made very easy. It's not a photoshop plugin but a very handy piece of software none the less.
posted by tuck_nroll at 1:04 PM on May 14, 2010


Suitcase Fusion has sets (e.g. by client or type), which you can quickly dis- or enable.
posted by oxit at 1:13 PM on May 14, 2010


When I worked at a to-remain-nameless web shop that used a lot of douchey fonts, the graphic designers used something called Adobe Type Manager, which no longer seems to exist, except as a free light download. Maybe it will work for you?
posted by sa3z at 1:44 PM on May 14, 2010


Gah, that is definitely not the software I was thinking of. I should have read the link more carefully before posting. If I find the one I was looking for, I will come back.
posted by sa3z at 1:47 PM on May 14, 2010


Just found this, which is not what I was looking for either, but probably better: 25 Font Management Tools Reviewed.

This is my last comment in this thread. For realz, yo.
posted by sa3z at 1:52 PM on May 14, 2010 [2 favorites]


Suitcase is what the pros generally use, but I suspect it's due to inertia at this point. FontExplorer works just as well, and is free to boot.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 6:16 PM on May 14, 2010 [1 favorite]


Linotype FTW.
posted by nathancaswell at 8:17 PM on May 14, 2010


Many use Extensis. Would highly recommend that or any decent font management software, if you keep such a vast library of typefaces. You can of course manage this manually, but that is like taking a horse and buggy; which some still enjoy and rightfully so!

VersionTracker - Font Management search

FontExplorer X 1.2.3 is by far the most popular on that link.
posted by Markzware at 12:51 AM on June 9, 2010


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