How to upload fonts to the server from the FontAgent Pro client. FontAgent Pro Server has a suggested retail price of $1495, but an introductory special price of $995 is available for a limited time. Clients are $129.95 each and upgrades from the standalone and workgroup edition of FontAgent Pro are available.
- FontAgent Pro is a font manager that allows you to find and remove problems with the fonts. Fontagent Pro is a font manager that allows you to find and remove problems with the fonts. Fontagent Pro enables you to optimize, organize, view, compare, select, activate and deactivate, print, export, archive and manage all your fonts.
- FontAgent Pro Server 2 is a major upgrade to Insider's font management tool for workgroups, with Intel-native support, a new license manager and other key features.
Fast Font Serving
FontAgent Pro Enterprise Server is one of the fastest font servers I’ve used. This latest version uses the J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) architecture and is multithreaded to take advantage of multicore Macs. The actual server setup involves setting up users, groups, and permissions. The user permissions are very straightforward. For a large number of users, the server can import users and groups from LDAP. As indicated, the users can be broken down into groups, and font libraries can be limited to certain groups. User lists can also be loaded in from a CSV spreadsheet file, making setup a snap.
There’s some additional setup in the System Preference Pane installed, including the server license info and synchronization schedule. Additional licenses or seats can be added at any time. Every user needing to access the server is required to have FontAgent Pro (FAP) installed. Assuming the users have the proper permission, they can upload any custom font libraries and sets directly to the server after they connect to it. Other user benefits include built-in font inspection, smart sets, and smart classification of fonts. Of course, FAP auto-activates in most of the critical Adobe software, so the correct font is always available.
FontAgent Pro Server is a synchronization-type server, so if the server is out, users still have full access to their libraries. Therefore, the only major network activity is when the individual users are synchronizing with the server—and that’s very fast, even over a wireless network.
The cost is $1,695 for the server software, with client software costing an additional $1,175 for ten users. Additional discounts are available for 20, 50, and more users.
Company: Insider Software, Inc.
Price: $1,695, plus client software
Web:www.insidersoftware.com
Rating: 5
Hot: Fast; easy to use
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