Linotype FontExplorer 1.1

FontExplorer™ X sets a new standard for font management software. Linotype is pleased to announce the missing link to your font collection. With the new FontExplorer™ X, font management, font sorting, font shopping and font discovery are simple and fun! FontExplorer™ X gives computer users all the functionality they ever dreamed – easy to use with an elegant style.

Powerful font handling

Organize your fonts just like your media files – using a library, folders, tags and even smart sets. You want direct access to all typefaces from a certain foundry? All italics? Or all fonts tagged with a certain keyword? FontExplorer™ X makes this easy!

All fonts and formats are recognized automatically and can be managed in a comfortable way. You decide whether FontExplorer™ X should take control over the folder structure, or if you want to leave it untouched – we built this software to be as unobtrusive as possible.

Built-in online store

Ever wanted to browse through fonts you want in the same way as the fonts you already have? Try Linotype’s FontExplorer™ X and its integrated shopping solution. Whenever you are looking for a particular font, you will find it here. And the best part: you can try it and play around with it before you buy it.

Examine and compare fonts inside FontExplorer™ X’s online store as if they were installed on your system. If you found your favourite, add it to your shopping cart and purchase it with only a few clicks. This is a whole new font licensing experience.

Auto-activation

Finally an auto-activation function that really works! FontExplorerв„ў X lets you decide which applications may request fonts, and which may not. And of course there are plugins for popular DTP apps like AdobeВ® InDesignВ®, Adobe IllustratorВ® and QuarkВ® XPressВ®.

Detailed font information

FontExplorerв„ў X shows virtually every bit of information a font file can contain. You can examine the complete character set, inform yourself about the legal stuff or just see a few sample paragraphs to know how a font looks like in real-life context.