![]() #FONTAGENT 7 PRO#įontAgent Pro ($99 from Insider Software) has built-in font diagnosis and repair tools. With any of these applications, you can run a diagnostic check when importing fonts into your library, or run a check on your fonts whenever you suspect there may be a problem with corruption. The problem: When your fonts look jumbled and distorted onscreen or when writing PDFs, or you get printing error messages that are font-related, your system’s font cache may need to be emptied. The solution: You can empty the system font cache manually by locating the proper files, trashing them, and restarting. However, I highly recommend leaving this task to Font Doctor, the free Linotype Font Explorer, or the $49 Insider Software Smasher (Figure 1). Font Explorer and Smasher run only on Mac OS X.įigure 1. These apps can also empty application font caches - that includes caches for Adobe applications, Microsoft applications, and QuarkXPress. The problem: One of the hardest things to manage when it comes to fonts is duplicates, especially if you’re trying to manage them manually in Mac OS X. ![]() You can encounter two types of duplicates: exact duplicates, which are identical and can confuse your system and duplicate fonts, which share a name but have different characteristics. Duplicate fonts aren’t necessarily bad things. For example, it makes sense to have multiple versions of a font because each version can contain different spacing and sizing information, as well as different styles, such as condensed, semibold, or black.
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