Anybody use 'font manager' software?
 

if so which one and how useful is it to you? i have too many fonts, scrolling through them in Photoshop and Illustrator is now a big pain.

ive scrolled the 20 mile list so many times i knew what each font looks like in my head lol

I use The Font Thing
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html
it works great for browsing fonts, allows you to insert sample text, has a character map and you can create collections like scripts, handwriting, etc. for easier browsing
The specs show its only for up to win 98 but it runs on xp w/o a hitch.
its freeware.

Font Xplorer: http://download.cnet.com/Font-Xplore...-10034113.html

idk if you seen this already ... 25 Font Management Tools Reviewed

atm forever ... http://www.adobe.com/products/atmlight/

thanks - looking at all the links now

i made a little flash tool you dont even need any software

see http://ytmnd.webspacemania.com/gfy.swf

neat - i just came across a Flash AIR program that is similar but more features

I second this one, I never have all my fonts installed. I have them separated by either type or client and load them (temp. load) as needed. :thumbsup

The Font Thing.

I also use "The Font Thing" works pretty well.

I use Printer's Apprentice on Vista 64 'cause Adobe ATM didn't work on 64bit for me.

Tried this one, Nexus Font http://xiles.net/ , it's free and quite good - but don't see it having a feature for temporary installing fonts. So i'll try Font Explorer next.

i'm gonna clear out the Windows Fonts folder of everything but the most commonly used fonts.

i have over 6,000 fonts on my drives - 95% of them useless.

http://xiles.net/

http://www.richardsprojects.co.uk/products/font-picker/

this is a pretty neat adobe air app

Yep... just started using this one about a month ago. Love it.