![]() There are lot's of other applications out there for font management. Some others did not work ( as they have not been updated in years). I know there is the font managers (Ubuntu and others ships with a font manager), but the most of them i tried where very simple. I use FontExplorer X Pro, however, this is a matter of taste.įor Linux and *-nix systems, i don't really know. The Windows Versions is not yet up to par with the Mac versions (FontExplorer X pro and FontAgent Pro.).If you still got problems with crashing apps or any other problems reagarding fonts, you could disable or uninstall the font(s) in your ”May cause errors” without doing a validation again. But create a set and name it to something like ”May cause errors” in Font Book and add the yellow marked fonts to that set. Some fonts that are marked yellow could of course still be used. If it still is marked yellow, you need to decide if you going to take a chance on having that font installed or not.ĭo a search on Google for the font name + mac + crash or something similar. If you really need a font marked with yellow, check for new versions, or try to download the font again and import to Font Book (replacing the version installed). ![]() ![]() Fonts with yellow marks should be deactivated and put in to ”quarantine”. My advice is to remove all fonts with red mark, because this will certainly be a cause for crashes or other problems. The font validation will report what fonts that are safe to use (green mark), fonts that have or may have minor errors (yellow mark), corrupted fonts or fonts with major errors (red mark). It could also help you with resolving duplicate fonts. On Mac OS X, you have the Font Book.app (included with the OS), while it's pretty basic, it features functionality for validating fonts, both installed and not installed. Mac Basics: Using Font Book (Apple Support) How to Manage Your Mac's Fonts With Font Book () Most of them have (if not all) have advanced tools for scanning corrupted or "bad" fonts.Īlso, don't have every font activated at the same time! Create sets and let applications use font activation instead and only use what the fonts you need for the time instead of loading everything at once. ![]() However, i strongly recommend the use of a font management application for this. The font script mentioned above is ok if you are checking a couple of fonts. You have activated all fonts at the same time? Or is it just any font from this directory? ![]()
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