Smasher for Mac OS X

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Is Smasher compatible with Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6)?

Smasher 1.8 runs on Snow Leopard and is a free upgrade to owners of previous version of Smasher. You can download the latest version of Smasher...

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 can Adobe font caches cause problems?

Adobe applications, including Creative Suite and Acrobat, store AdobeFnt files all over your system. They’re part of the Adobe font caching...

What kind of things can happen with Microsoft Office font caches?

Microsoft Office applications create files that cache fonts, build font substitution tables and store font settings. When you activate, deactivate...

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...

How do I Smash fonts with Smasher?

To smash fonts using the Smash toolbar button, follow these steps: 1 Select suitcases, fonts and/or font styles in the...

Can I Smash fonts by drag and drop?

You can also smash fonts by dragging items out of the Smasher application window by following these steps: 1 Select suitcases,...

I am seeing a styles not smashed report after trying to smash some fonts. What does this mean?

The Styles Not Smashed Report displays all fonts that Smasher could not smash. After you have added suitcases into the Suitcases, Fonts and Styles...

What is Smasher?

Smasher is an essential utility that provides preventive font maintenance for your Mac OS X design applications and acts as a companion technology to...

What are the symptoms of cache problems on the Mac?

When files in font and preference caches become corrupt or fall out of sync with their original files, a number of serious problems can occur on your...

What Does Smasher Display in its Properties Pane?

The Properties pane on the right side of the Smasher window displays detailed information about selected items in the Suitcases, Fonts and Styles...

How does the Preview Drawer in Smasher work?

The Preview Drawer pulls out of the main Smasher window and allows you to view sample text displayed in the currently selected font....

Using the Smasher Preview Drawer

The Smasher Preview Drawer allows you to view a valid, selected font or style in its own typeface. To view fonts and styles in the Preview Drawer,...

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...

Why does Mac OS X store individual font styles separately?

While Mac OS 9 used to permit you to store multiple fonts in a single suitcase, Mac OS X stores each font style in its own individual suitcase....

How does Smasher break up old Mac OS 9 suitcases?

Smasher gives you a single, simple interface for viewing and simplifying font suitcases in Mac OS X, just like you could in previous versions of Mac...

Which font formats does Smasher support?

Mac OS X supports multiple font formats and allows you to store them in several different places, which can make dealing with fonts a bewildering...

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...

How do I navigate the Smasher interface?

The Smasher interface is divided into two panes, the Properties pane and the Suitcases, Fonts and Styles pane. An optional Preview Drawer can extend...

How does Smasher’s Suitcases, Fonts and Styles Pane work?

Smasher lists suitcases and fonts that you have added on the left side of the main Smasher application window. • You can...