We’ve seen Adobe abandon Freehand and Fireworks after the Macromedia acquisition. We saw the same thing with Extensis’ Portfolio (now strictly an enterprise offering). Read on…Īfter reverting back to 7 and keeping a watchful eye on this forum for Extensis to set things right, it appears Suitcase in whole, or as a single-user product, may be coming to the end of its life. And after months and months of inaction, what other conclusion can be drawn?īear with me, I have a lot to get off my chest. I hope it helps save somebody from Suitcase…Ī common thread in the forums is the observation that Extensis doesn’t seem to know how the community uses their software. I have saved this post I made to the Suitcase forum. If you’re looking for a font manager, don’t invest in Suitcase Fusion 8. Floating Previews hover over all other applicationsĪs Extensis recently wiped out the user forums, there’s no central place for users or potential customers to get help from the community or to warn of the perils of upgrading to version 8.FontDoctor included Free for additional corruption detection and organization.Create PNG font previews by drag-and-drop with Font Snapshots.Supports the use of Adobe Typekit desktop fonts from your Creative Cloud subscription.Web font enabled with WebINK and Google Font connections.Find similar fonts fast with QuickMatch.Patented Font Sense technology fingerprints fonts for precise identification.See how fonts work side-by-side in paste-up style previews with QuickComp.Support includes OS X 10.9 Mavericks and Windows 8.Auto-activation plug-ins for professional design applications, including Adobe Creative Cloud and QuarkXPress.Full-featured font previews allow you to compare fonts side-by-side.

But there is a lot more you actually do with fonts - namely traditional and web design. Suitcase Fusion is the creative professional's font manager.Įvery professional font manager should deliver the basics: spectacular previews, powerful search tools, and efficient font organization.

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