FontExplorer X Pro 3.1.1

FontExplorer X Pro is optimized for professional use; it's the solution that gives you the power you need to manage all your fonts. Now you can more easily manage, activate and organize your existing font collection as well as find and experiment with new fonts. Whether you've got a hard drive full of typefaces or a few cherished families, FontExplorer X Pro handles your font library quickly, efficiently and reliably. And when you're ready to add to your collection, you can view thousands of classic designs and the latest releases from independent foundries using the integrated store.

FontExplorer X Pro features an enhanced user interface with a configurable toolbar, activation control, comprehensive font information at your fingertips, customizable font previews, back-up functionality and access to FontExplorer X Server. Used together, FontExplorer X Pro and FontExplorer X Server are your complete solution for organizing, exploring and buying fonts and managing font licenses.

Key features at a glance

Optimized for your use, with improved and new features.

Bold Text describes features new to Version 3.

Font management
Enable/disable fonts
Clear system font caches
Clear application (Adobe®, Microsoft®, Quark®)
font caches
Organize fonts with Sets
Automatically organize fonts with Smart Sets
Enable/disable Sets and Smart Sets
NEW: Organize Smart Sets in folders
NEW: Ad hoc Sets from current font selection
Support for Apple®´s font collections
Font family view
OpenType® style linking view
Activation control with application-based
sets and font request view
Export fonts
NEW: Export Set structure to folder

Font information
Customizable preview
Customizable list view
Detailed preview
Character view
Detailled font info
Detailed character information including:
Html info
Unicode info
Keystroke info
NEW: Character Toolbox with
Character coverage
Ink usage Information
Paper usage information
Font Language Support Information
Kerning pairs
Export as image/zip/disk image

Missing-Font Handling
Systemwide auto-activation of fonts
Auto-activation via Plug-In for:
Adobe InDesign® CS1 to CS5.5
NEW: Adobe InCopy® CS 5 to 5.5
Adobe Illustrator® CS1 to CS5
Adobe Photoshop® CS3 to CS5
QuarkXPress® 6.5/7.x/8.x
NEW: QuarkXPress® 9

Miscellaneous
Customizable Print functionality
Create Fontbooks by template
Add and Edit print templates
NEW: Include custom header/footer graphics
Wide Screen Mode
Transparency Mode
NEW: Transparent Font Slideshow
Classification (manual and automatic)
Configurable toolbar
Integrated font store
Font store can be hidden by user or server admin
Conflict handling
NEW: Enhanced Document font scanner
Growl support
NEW: Improved Backup functionality
Quick Install functionality
Connects to FontExplorer X Server
Support included
NEW: Overall interface and functionality improvement

Language versions
English
German
NEW: French

System integration
Spotlight support
Universal binary
Works on Mac OS® 10.4.x,
10.5.x, 10.6.x and 10.7

Version 3.1.1:

New Features:
When a font is intentionally removed from a System Font folder (via Finder), it can now be removed from FontExplorer X Pro via the context menu in the font list. Previously it could only be removed by using the "Conflicts" feature
It is now possible to classify all the fonts in a set, folder or smart set by selecting the set, folder or smart set in the source list and start the classification
Resolved Issues:
Permanently activated fonts were not activated after a system startup or restart unless FontExplorer X Pro was started
FontExplorer X Pro only started in the Mac user account that originally installed the software package. An "Unauthorized Bundle" message was shown when started by other Mac user accounts (e.g. after "Fast-user Switching" or "Quick Install" installations)
An incorrect warning message was shown when exporting font previews
Font Information Window: When the "Show missing characters" option in the "Characters" panel was activated, the missing characters were not shown in red
Various user interface issues in the French language version of FontExplorer X Pro
Generated "Smart Set" titles did not show detailed format information when using "Format" as the criteria
Several issues around scanning PDF documents for fonts (crashes, no fonts found, etc.)
When a communication error occurred while attempting to send feedback to Linotype, closing the error dialog with "Don't try" would also close the Feedback window containing your message
After updating from version 1.2.3 to 3.1 an "Attempt to mutate immutable object…" error sometimes occurred which prevented FontExplorer X Pro from starting up when the system language was set to German
Font Conflicts: Previous scan results were not cleared when a new scan was started for "Fonts listed in FEX but deleted in Finder"
Kerning was not shown in the preview or detailed preview although the font contained kerning information. See also "Known Issues"
Authentication was required to clean the system font caches although Admin-free mode was activated
Mac OS X 10.7: If full-screen mode was active when FontExplorer X Pro was quit, the main window would open in a standard-size window when the application was restarted
Fonts would occasionally sort incorrectly in Group Font Family view. This resulted in the inability to jump directly to a font by keying the first character in the name
Known Issues:
Mac OS X 10.7 only: System Font collections - Rename a collection, add a font, remove a collection requires a restart of FontExplorer X Pro before the changes are shown in the source list
OS X 10.6 only: Fonts with # in their filename will not appear in FontExplorer X when they are located in /Library/Fonts. When imported into FontExplorer X Pro or FontExplorer X Server they cannot be activated nor will they display a preview. Resolved with Mac OS X 10.7.x
OS X 10.6 and 10.7 only: Kerning is not shown in the preview on Postscript fonts and some pairs in some OpenType fonts. Kerning is correctly shown in the detailed preview
After fast user switching FontExplorer X Pro refreshes the fonts in order to ensure that any System Font changes made by other users are available to all users on that machine. When doing this, the FontExplorer X Pro main window will always come to the foreground
When attempting to overwrite FontExplorer X Pro with a newer version, a "Fatal Error … unauthorized bundle" message may appear when there is a problem with permissions on the file you are attempting to replace. Should this occur, delete the older version of FontExplorer X and re-copy the newer version to your Applications folder
Mac OS X 10.5.x only (Resolved with Mac OS X 10.6): Removing font suitcases from a System Collection may cause FontExplorer X Pro to crash if some of the fonts in the suitcase are not activated. This may also occur when resolving conflicts and the font suitcase is contained in a System Collection when using Mac OS X 10.5.6 - Activate or deactivate the entire suitcase and then remove the suitcase from the collection when using Mac OS X 10.5.8 - Move the fonts you wish to keep to a new System Collection, then delete the System Collection containing the suitcase font
Known PlugIn Issues:
Adobe Illustrator CS3, CS4 & CS5: If an Adobe Illustrator document contains a placed PDF or illustrator document with embedded fonts, an incorrect font request will occur with the status missing. Activate any fonts that the document may require and ignore the incorrect requests by clicking on the Done button.
FontExplorer X Pro will not auto-start for an Adobe or Quark document when the Mac user account is ma
Photoshop CS5 crashes when the FontExplorer X Pro plug-in is installed but FontExplorer X Pro or its license is missing. Solution: Remove the FontExplorer X Pro Plug-in
Font activation with Adobe Photoshop CS3/CS4/CS5: Situation - Fonts have been activated by FontExplorer X Pro (automatically or manually) after starting the program Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS4 or CS5. Selecting a text layer in Photoshop will cause a message to appear stating that the fonts are missing for the text layer and font substitution will occur. Continue? This message should be responded to with "OK". Activated fonts will be correctly displayed and not substituted.
Resolved Issues for FontExplorer X Server Users and Server Administrators:
Fonts uploaded to the FontExplorer X Server version 1.6 were sometimes missing after restarting the server. This could also be seen after restoring a backup or after server replication, both of which require a server restart
Fixed an issue where login was slow when connecting to servers with many nested sets and folders
Server error messages were not shown correctly when the language was set to French
LDAP directory was not displayed correctly when accessing Open Directory (Mac client only)
With "Hide Library" enabled, users with "Write" permissions on Sets were able to select File>Import
Connection between server and client was periodically lost during font upload/download
After a long connection (more than 8 hour) users were not notified that their login had expired and were forced to quit the client in order to log in again
In the LDAP Configure Domains window, the Domain Name field allowed entry of IP addresses. An error is now displayed when attempting to save the configuration
In the LDAP Configure Domains window, the Domain Name field was labeled "IP or Hostname" in the German and French translations. This has been changed to "Domain Name" (German: "Domänen-Name:" French: "Nom de Domaine")
After upgrades of server with LDAP Authentication enabled, administrators were not automatically directed to LDAP Configure Domains window and instructed to enter domain information
Windows server panel Backup Destination now allows selection of a network directory for backup
Offline usage information in the small info panel is not displayed accurately when not logged in to the FontExplorer X Server
LDAP Synchronization would occasionally assign users to the wrong group
Known Issues for FontExplorer X Server Users and Server Administrators:
Due to changes to better handle concurrent user load, server upload and download times may be slower than those seen with FontExplorer X Server version 1.5