n3rve

i organize by two methods: first, by foundry and/or also by type designer. second, by type style (ie. sans, serif, slab serif, transitional,...); type period (art deco, Victorian, historical, early press, manuscript...); and by theme (pixel, decorative, grunge, wood type, stencil, hand-lettered,...). All these are categorized in folders. they are then archived onto cds, dvds. the reason for this is type files, OTF, TT, PS,...all tend to corrupt over time on the main hard drive and will create problems in general. i use a file cataloguer to archive and catalogue the fonts. this way i can immediate do a quick search to see if i have it stored away. i then use a type manager, such as Suitcase or FontBook to load them as necessary. it's never a good idea to put hundreds, thousands of fonts into the system folder. hope this helps.

Akkurat

I use Extensis suitcase on Mac. but I'm about to try any other program.
Which one is better between Linotype Fontexplorer and Suitcase to organize fonts?

t-boo

I tried suitcase on PC but it seems very limited..
I use now Fontexpert which is buggy from time to time..

qubed

i had lost all my fonts and just started re-establishing my collection. instead of using font book on mac anymore, i did some researching and found that extensis suitcase fusion is the industry standard for font managment in design firms. would you guys agree with this?

anyhow, i have been using it for the last week and i can immediately say it is an obvious upgrade over font book. much faster and the ability to activate or de-activate is beneficial.

kiemposan

I would reccomend Font Agent Pro, the latest version for Mac. After using both FontExplorer and Suitcase Fusion I found FAP the most consistent and stable.

I organise my fonts mainly by foundry, then have subsets for type styles!

tourist74

After years of suffering (well not really, but..) I found this freeware tool and all my collectible problems went away:

Home

Just put everything in one folder, run FontOrg with your preferences, and everything is sorted beautifully. I tried so many others, but this one beats them all.

FontExpert2007 has a great renaming option and is very good and reliable to install/deinstall fonts and any freeware dupe-file-finder will do the job of sorting out the dupes..

Font organizing the easy way
T.

alitron

Font Org and Font Renamer by Philip Engel are excellent choices

TCK

I use FontExplorer X. It's a good program although there are some problems on its library folder. When you delete a font from a program the folder is not deleted. This causes a series of copies of the same folder in the library which is quite unnecessary.

About the font organization:

Foundry --> Font Superfamily (for example: Thesis) --> Family (Thesis Sans)

Favorites

Sooner or later I will organize them by style or usage.

materia

I´ve tryed FontExplorer and Suitcase but i really prefer FontAgentPro.
Inside the App, and in the HD i organize all fonts by foundries/families/formats.

No particular reason, it just works for me!

iromedia

I just use the fontbook app from Mac.