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				Adobe Type Manager Light is all you need to use Type 1 fonts on older versions Mac and Windows; it’s a free download! (free)
				Azalea UPCTools by Azalea Software lets you print UPC, EAN, JAN, Bookland (ISBN), and ISSN bar codes from within any Windows or Mac application. ($199).
				FontAgent Pro by Insider Software is a full-featured font manager application which will find, repair and organize all the fonts on your drive.
				Font Browser from Oak Systems. Browse through your collection of TrueType fonts, preview each one with a single click and install the ones you want to use in your graphics or word processing packages. (free to try for 14 days, £5 to purchase it)
				Font Creator from High-Logic is the most popular shareware font editor for Windows. With this award winning software, you can create and edit TrueType fonts. Use Font Creator's advanced import feature to make your own handwriting font or add signatures, logos or any other symbol to an existing font. (free to try, $65 to buy Home Edition)
				FontExampler by Pixits will take text of your choice and show that text in every font on your system. One of the first native OS X font utilities. (free)
				FontExpert 2007 by Proxima Software. enables you to preview and manage both installed and uninstalled typefaces, plus examine your system for font errors. You can display the list of installed font faces, customizable font samples and advanced font properties. The program allows you to print different types of reports, and offers many printing options. (free to try, $59 to buy)
				FontExplorer™ X is an excellent new font manager from Linotype. (free)
				FontForge An outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf) fonts, or edit existing ones. Also lets you convert one format to another. FontForge has support for many macintosh font formats. (free)
				FontLab Studio, the most powerful widely-available font editor, allows you to design your own fonts or change the properties of existing ones. ($649)
				FontList from Edwin Martin; With FontList, you can create a HTML file that will show all the fonts installed on your computer. With your browser, you can pick the right font in no time. (free)
				FontLister from Peter Theill; a fast and easy-to-use font manager for installing, uninstalling, copying, printing and browsing your TrueType fonts (Shareware $5)
				Fontographer, font editor for desktop publishing. ($349)
				Fontonizer is an easy-to-use Font Organizer that helps you keep track of all your fonts. It identifies and loads all of the fonts installed in the system and shows exactly what each font looks like. It also prints out great font sample lists. The program stores a low resolution (screen) image of all your fonts so you can preview them even when they are not loaded. ( $29)
				Font Xplorer by Moon Software is a full-featured Windows font management program which can view, repair, print, organize, activate, and find duplicate fonts. Also allows you to save bitmap images, rename font files, view metrics, and customize the program extensively. ($19.95)
				LemkeFontBook by Lemke Software. The ultimate font utility for every Mac OS user who wants a complete overview about all fonts. Not related to Apple’s Font Book in Panther. ($10 shareware)
				MainType from High-Logic is the most advanced font manager for Windows. It offers a straightforward and easy-to-use interface to help you maintain your fonts. MainType includes features for novice users who just want to view and install fonts as well as advanced features for graphic designers and typographers. (free to try, $40 to buy)
				MasterJuggler by Alsoft is a font management program which allows you to store your fonts anywhere and activate/deactivate them as you like.
				MainType Font Manager by UniTech / MyTools.com is a popular font manager for Windows, allowing you to view, print, find, install, uninstall, and remove duplicate fonts. ($49)
				PickChar by Shawnware, similar to PopChar (below) but native to Mac OS X. (free)
				PopChar X is the successor of the famous PopChar Pro utility. It is not just a new version that was ported to Mac OS X; PopChar X was developed anew from ground up to take advantage of various features of Mac OS X. In contrast to its predecessor, PopChar X is now a “faceless” application. This means that it does not appear in the Dock. There is only a small box labeled with “P” in the top left corner of the screen — simple, unobtrusive, and easy to access. ($29)
				PopChar Win is a utility application that lets you insert characters from all installed fonts into your documents. You never need to search for and remember keystrokes any longer. Just pop up the PopChar window, click the desired character, and the character appears in your current document. PopChar Win is the Windows sibling of PopChar Pro and PopChar X, which have been available on the Macintosh for many years. Now you can enjoy the ease of use of these award-wining Macintosh utilities on Windows platforms. ($29)
				Printer's Apprentice from Lose Your Mind Development, is a font manager for Windows Vista & XP. Features an elegant Explorer-style interface for viewing TrueType, OpenType and Type 1 from any media. Use Printer's Apprentice to easily compare fonts, view character sets and keyboard layouts. Font groups help manage large font collections with batch install and uninstall. Printing functions generate 8 customizable font catalogs and 9 different font sample sheets. Includes an extensive help system with "How To" topics and application reference.
				Suitcase by Extensis is one of the big font managers in the business, finding, organizing, previewing, and activating fonts on your system.
				TransType: Fontlab’s universal font converter: Mac<=>PC, TTF<=>Type1, even converts multiple masters! (from $97).
				TrueType Font Namer allows you to change the name of a TrueType font. ($20)
				TypeTool: Fontlab’s light font editor. All the basics plus extensive glyph drawing tools. Great for students, hobbyists, etc. ($99)
				Typograf is a font manager for TrueType, PostScript Type 1 and printer fonts. ZDNet rating: 5 stars.
				WGL Assistant, written by Radoslaw Przybyl, assisted by Adam Twardoch, is a multilingual font manager for Windows.
				X-Fonter, a font viewer, font manager and 3D graphic program for Windows. ($25)

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