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  • Style-linked fonts
  • Spacing and Kerning, Part 2
  • Spacing and Kerning, Part 1
  • Small Caps in InDesign CS3 and QuarkXPress 7
  • Scaling Logos
  • Optical Margin Alignment in InDesign
  • OpenType Pro
  • OpenType Numerals
  • Making Fractions in OpenType
  • OpenType Features
  • Nonbreaking Hyphens
  • Missing Font Mysteries- Solved At Last!
  • From metal to digital: Bridging the gap, Optimizing digital font readability (Part 2)
  • From metal to digital: Understanding the underlying differences (Part 1)
  • Kerning in QuarkXPress and InDesign
  • InDesign Shortcuts: Special Characters
  • Importing Text
  • Hanging Characters in QuarkXPress® 8
  • Go Wild With OpenType
  • Glyph Palettes
  • Fonts on the Web: Web-safe Fonts
  • Smooth Your Fonts
  • FontExplorer X Pro and Server
  • ESQ Fonts - The Best Solution for the Screen
  • ESQ Fonts
  • A Brief History of Digital Type
  • Converting Text to Outline
  • Change those defaults!
  • Baseline Shift
  • Automatic Page Numbering
  • Auto Leading
  • + More...
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FontExplorer X Pro and Server

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Our new FontExplorer® X Pro and Server products give you the font management capabilities you'd expect from a team of professionals who really know fonts. This new product suite caters to the typographic needs of both creative professionals and network administrators. Whether working alone or as part of a creative service organization, FontExplorer X provides professional font management to let you get the most from your fonts.

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FontExplorer X Pro
Intuitive controls help you activate the fonts you need and deactivate those you don’t to free up resources and ensure your system runs as efficiently as possible. Quickly organize and explore every detail of your existing font collection. If you still can’t find the perfect typeface, try our integrated store for a selection of thousands of typefaces from top name foundries.

FontExplorer X Pro’s enhanced user interface offers a configurable toolbar to improve the accessibility of your most frequently used controls. Backup functionality offers protection for these and all other FontExplorer X settings, as well as your font data.

Robust auto-activation functionality allows you to decide which applications may request fonts, and which may not. Also included are plug-ins for popular programs such as Adobe® InDesign®, Illustrator® and QuarkXPress® applications. You can even create font sets to activate or deactivate upon the launch of specified applications.

Conflict resolution controls allow you to detect font issues before problems can arise. Identify duplicate fonts and missing printer fonts. Obtain significant performance advantages through quick font deactivation and font cache clearing functions.

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FontExplorer X Server
FontExplorer X Server extends the capabilities of FontExplorer X Pro to server-based workgroups. Working in either Macintosh® or Windows® server environments, workgroup administrators gain centralized control over font usage, while end users stay focused on creative pursuits.

The solution includes access to the renowned Linotype®, Monotype® and ITC® OpenType® font libraries − a collection of more than 4,000 designs that will keep your organization typographically equipped and inspired.

FontExplorer X Server’s easy-to-use admin interface can be accessed from any Macintosh desktop client within the network or through our Windows-based administration tool. Use these tools to distribute fonts and font sets over the entire network.

Leverage LDAP to quickly import existing users and groups. Assign read and write permissions to users and groups. Specify how long font data can be used after a user disconnects from the server.

Monitoring functionality provides insight into font usage across the network. Determine which fonts are used by which users. For organizations seeking comprehensive font license compliance, our optional Fontwise® service can be run in parallel with FontExplorer X Server.

FontExplorer X Server’s speedy and reliable SQL-based architecture scales smoothly as your organization grows, while backup functionality allows administrators to recover fonts and settings with ease.

Download a free 30 day trial version of FontExplorer X Pro (Mac only)

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