Originally Posted by 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.