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Why do I need to organize and manage my fonts?

While many users take their fonts for granted, fonts can be a constant source of complication and trouble. Corrupt, incomplete and duplicate fonts...

How did fonts work prior to Mac OS X?

In the Macintosh world prior to Mac OS X, bitmap fonts and TrueType fonts lived inside suitcases. A suitcase appeared in the Finder as a special kind...

How do font files appear in Mac OS X?

Unlike previous versions of Mac OS, in which fonts resided in suitcases that you could click to open, Mac OS X organizes fonts into individual...

Mac OS X has so many places where I can put fonts. Where are they all located?

In addition to your own font collection, Mac OS X manages fonts that reside in various locations on your computer's hard drive. For a font to be...

How do Mac OS X font and preference caches cause problems?

Font and preference cache problems are very common on Mac OS X computers. Virtually all users experience cache problems at one time or another, and...

Are free fonts dangerous to use from a technical or legal standpoint?

Free fonts are fonts you can download and use for no charge. But if you read the fine print in the license for some free fonts, they are free for...

I'm having trouble auto-activating fonts. What can I do to fix it?

Make sure you are using the latest version of FontAgent Pro. Please see for information on the latest version. Remove any other font managers,...

I have my fonts organized into folders. How can I use my folders in FontAgent Pro?

Drop folders one at a time into the Sets pane. You can put imported fonts into one library or separate libraries. For more information about...

How can I use fonts that are in Problem Fonts but work fine?

Put the fonts in /Library/Fonts. If Mac OS X accepts them, they will be activated. Remove them from the Fonts folder when you're done with them....

Can I make some fonts activate automatically when I start my computer?

Yes, you can make any number of sets into Startup Sets. All fonts in Startup Sets, including sub-sets, are activated at start up. Create a...

How do I import and manage Mac OS X System Fonts?

Note: You must be an authorized Administrator of your Macintosh to manage System fonts. To Start Managing System Fonts When Mac OS X starts, it...

Why should I use FontAgent Pro for Windows?

Why Use FontAgent Pro? Eliminate Font Corruption and Duplication While many users take their fonts for granted, fonts can be a constant source of...

Is the Type 1 or PostScript font format dead?

Depends on what you mean by "dead." The successor to PostScript, OpenType, is simply a wrapper for either Postscript or TrueType...

Do Mac applications ever use their own special fonts?

Some Macintosh applications—including Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Office apps—install their own fonts as a normal part of their...

What are dfont files? Do I need them?

A dfont is really the same as a Mac TrueType font except its data is stored in the data fork instead of the resource fork. The dfont file format...

Why do some OpenType fonts appear as TrueType fonts in FontAgent Pro?

OpenType fonts can have either a .otf or .ttf extension, and this is acceptable practice. If they have the .ttf extension they will appear as Windows...

I have some fonts that don't appear correctly in WYSIWYG or in Font Compare and Font Player. What's up with that?

There can be any number of reasons that the font will not display properly in Font Player but the main reason is that the font file itself does not...