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FontExplorer X Pro Changelog

What's new in FontExplorer X Pro 7.2.5

Nov 20, 2020
  • New: Plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator 2021, Adobe InDesign 2021, and Adobe InCopy 2021
  • Fixed: Slowness issues with Adobe Illustrator 2020 plug-in on macOS Catalina
  • Fixed: Security prompts for Adobe Illustrator 2020 and Adobe InDesign 2020 plug-ins on macOS Catalina
  • Fixed: Removed duplicate display of classification smart sets
  • Fixed: Updated text for Monotype connection under Cloud Fonts

New in FontExplorer X Pro 7.2.0 (Oct 21, 2020)

  • NEW: Faster version of the Discovery Engine
  • NEW: Estimate of Discovery Engine initialization time
  • NEW: Ability to "stop initialization" while Discovery Engine is starting
  • NEW: Discovery Engine initialization progress bar
  • NEW: Simplification of interface on first load of application

New in FontExplorer X Pro 7.1.3 (Sep 18, 2020)

  • NEW: Recently Imported default smart set
  • NEW: Prompt to auto-classify shown after initializing Discovery Engine
  • NEW: Trial period set to 30 days (will not affect current trials)

New in FontExplorer X Pro 7.1.1 (Jul 29, 2020)

  • New: Various control panels hidden on initial launch
  • New: Improved color label UI; clicking label applies it now (no checkbox)
  • Fixed: Sort order in library is retained after restart of application
  • Fixed: French text in menu options improved
  • Fixed: Multiple instances of fonts appearing in Classification sets
  • Fixed: UI glitch when hiding preview panel

New in FontExplorer X Pro 7.0.0 (Oct 28, 2019)

  • Similarity panel: Find fonts similar to a selected font
  • Pairing panel: Find fonts that will pair well with a selected font
  • Improved classification: Discovery Engine will match most of your fonts
  • Auto-classification on import
  • Automatic Classification smart sets for improved browsing
  • New Classification interface
  • Run in background when launched from Plug-ins
  • Last deactivation timestamp to track when fonts were deactivated
  • Recently Activated and Recently Deactivated smart sets
  • Relative date options for smart sets: Last 30, 90, and 180 days
  • Auto-detection of apps for Plug-Ins during set up
  • Fixed transparency issue in Slideshow
  • Simplified Classification groupings: Style, Usage, Theme
  • Right-click font in Similar and Pairing suggestion to “Show in Library”

New in FontExplorer X Pro 6.0.7 (May 8, 2019)

  • Resolved:
  • Full support for Dark Mode

New in FontExplorer X Pro 6.0.6 (Apr 12, 2019)

  • NewL
  • Integrated Adobe CC 2019 plugins into FontExplorer X Pro application
  • Improved nesting and filtering of Smart Sets
  • Updates for OSX 10.14.4
  • ResolvedL
  • Fixed bug: Fonts located on desktop folders can now be imported into FEX client
  • Slideshow not working for server fonts has been resolved

New in FontExplorer X Pro 6.0.5 Build 20111 (Apr 19, 2018)

  • Resolved:
  • FontExplorer X Pro frequently crashed when WYSIWYG mode was active for the Font List.

New in FontExplorer X Pro 6.0.4 Build 20106 (Mar 22, 2018)

  • New:
  • Integrated Adobe CC 2018 plugins into FontExplorer X Pro application
  • Extended the smart set filters for Classification to allow filtering for Fonts that contain any classification as well as Fonts that do not contain any classification
  • Integrated support for the Monotype MLS application – automatic grouping under “Cloud Fonts > MLS”, source list configuration, Smart Set filters
  • Resolved:
  • FontExplorer X Pro sporadically crashed when a large number of Fonts were moved to the trash
  • On certain web sites, the FontExplorer X Web Preview did not render newly applied Fonts correctly. This occurred when the URL contained Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline’ in the http header
  • Occasionally Font names would appear grayed out in the WYSIWYG Font List, this was due to an internal Font Format mismatch with the Apple OS
  • Detect Fonts in Documents did not recognize fonts contained in Sketch documents created with the new Sketch format
  • When viewing multiple Fonts in the Slide Show window, a white image of the First font remained visible
  • The software license file was not recognized by macOS 10.13.4 (beta version) Various minor unrelated bug fixes and user interface improvements
  • Assorted application crashes

New in FontExplorer X Pro 6.0.3 Build 20055 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • New:
  • Supports macOS High Sierra (10.13)
  • Plug-in for QuarkXPress 2017 integrated into FontExplorer X Pro
  • Resolved:
  • In new and existing Smart Sets it was not possible to enter/edit text in the text field of the first filter
  • When exported font information was imported to an Excel file, the font classifications appeared under the column titled "Usages"
  • When viewing the font list in Font Tile view, the list automatically scrolled in steps, continuously to the end
  • The "Print template" menu item was permanently disabled in the "Print" dialog popup under "Page Layout"
  • Some text overlaps occurred in an exported PDF print catalog when the language was set to Japanese
  • Various minor unrelated bug fixes and user interface improvements

New in FontExplorer X Pro 6.0.2 Build 20019 (Apr 28, 2017)

  • Resolved:
  • The blue background image of the Setup Assistant and Welcome tour window was layered on top of the text and buttons making it impossible to install via the Setup Assistant or view the Welcome Tour (OS-X 10.9 only)
  • It was not possible to set more than one filter for Classifications in the Smart Set dialog
  • Various minor unrelated bug fixes and user interface improvements

New in FontExplorer X Pro 6.0.1 Build 13800 (Dec 17, 2016)

  • New Features and Changes:
  • Integrated FontExplorer X Pro plug-ins for Adobe CC 2017 InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator and Photoshop applications
  • Resolved:
  • Crashes occurred during system font activation under macOS Sierra when multiple applications requested fonts at the same time
  • Sporadically FontExplorer X Pro crashed during Font import
  • Font changes made by other applications, such as SkyFonts or Typekit, were not detected by FontExplorer X Pro (macOS Sierra/10.12 only)
  • User interface issues were encountered in the Font Classification dialog under OS X 10.9
  • Various minor unrelated bug fixes and user interface improvements

New in FontExplorer X Pro 6.0 Build 13681 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • NEW FEATURES AND CHANGES:
  • FontExplorer X Pro version 6 is ready for macOS 10.12
  • Enhanced Font Classification with new user interface and sub-categories to help you find just the right font more quickly. The new classifications are supported by smart set filters and the font list search feature. Automatically classify fonts
  • that are available in the Monotype libraries (an internet connection is required), manually classify fonts or create your own custom classifications. Classifications that were applied/created with previous versions of FontExplorer X Pro will be available after an upgrade
  • Added Japanese as a user interface language which will automatically be set if your OS language is Japanese. If you would like to work with FontExplorer X Pro in Japanese while your OS is set to another language, please follow these steps: 1) Quit FontExplorer X Pro if it is running; 2) Start the Terminal application (/Application/Utilities/Terminal.app); 3) Enter the following command (without the start and end quote) at the prompt: “defaults write com.linotype.FontExplorerX AppleLanguages "(Japanese)”;” followed by the enter key; 4) Start FontExplorer X Pro; 5) To reset the language, enter the following command (without the outer quotes) in the Terminal application: “defaults delete com.linotype.FontExplorerX AppleLanguages;”
  • Localised font information (if available in a font) can be shown for the following languages: Arabic, Basque, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German,
  • Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish. The setting can be turned on in the “General” panel of the FontExplorer X Pro Preferences and the language shown will be determined by the “Preferred language” setting of your OS
  • “Detect Fonts in Documents” has been enhanced to support an additional 19 document types:
  • docx, dotx, pptx, ppsx, potm (Microsoft Office Open XML)
  • odt, fodt, ott, odp, fodp, otp, odg (Open Document)
  • sxw, stw, sxi, sti, sxd (Open Office 1.0)
  • sketch (Sketch)
  • sla (Scribus)
  • Enhancements to the Web Preview include the ability to edit text of elements and change the user agent to simulate various operating systems and browsers
  • Enhanced Font Tile View lets you set the text to the first two letters of the font name, view detailed font information on mouse over, add rounded corners, foreground and background color and even gradually change the background color between the first and last tile by selecting a ‘“blend to” color
  • In addition to exporting font information from the font list as text, it can now be exported from the local or server font list as a CSV document with options for defining the separator and the text encoding
  • Added support for Unicode 9
  • Added menu item “New Set from Selection” to the context menu in the font list
  • Added a new preference setting to the “Import” panel which permits the user to define whether or not a new set is created when importing fonts into FontExplorer X Pro
  • Added the ability to sort by path name in the Conflicts panel
  • The source list can now be expanded to a greater width to aid in viewing long set and folder names or deeply nested folders and sets
  • When updating your version of FontExplorer X Pro a backup of your font database file (FontExplorer X.fexsdb) will automatically be created. The file is located in the directory /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Linotype/FontExplorer X/ and is named “FontExplorer X auto backup xx to yy [date/timestamp].fexdb. xx and yy represent the internal database version number. Should it be necessary to restore a backed up database file, simply rename it to “FontExplorer X.fexdb”
  • Growl notification system has been replaced by OS notifications
  • Resolved:
  • When creating long, complex smart set rules, the “OK” and “Cancel” button were sometimes being hidden behind other user interface elements
  • Not all fonts supporting Turkish, Azerbaijani or Greek languages showed up in the “Language Supports...” smart set
  • Various minor unrelated bug fixes and user interface improvements
  • FONTEXPLORER X SERVER USERS AND ADMINISTRATORS:
  • New Features and Changes – Requires Mac Client version 6:
  • Introducing the enhanced font classification feature now also for Server Fonts. Administrators can classify server fonts using the “Auto Classify Fonts” feature, apply manual classifications and create custom classifications in the “Server Settings” panel. In the “Custom Font Classification” section, click on the “+” symbol to add a new custom font classification and provide a tooltip if desired. The tooltip will be viewable to all users when they hover with the mouse over the classification in the summary panel of the Font Information dialog. Administrator and user Server Smart Sets can be used to group fonts by their classification. Locally classified fonts will maintain their classifications when importing them into the server
  • Also introducing Labels, Rating and Comments for Server Fonts. Administrators can assign a Label, Rating and/or Comment to Server Fonts which all users will be able to view and create server smart sets to group fonts based on their Label, Rating or Comment. These can also be displayed in the font list and shown in the small information panel located in the lower left corner of the main window
  • A new feature enables Administrators to send messages or e-mails to FontExplorer X Server users directly from the statistics panel. Select a user and right-click to access the “Send e-mail” and “Send message” options from the context menu. Users must be logged into the server in order to receive messages
  • Administrators can send a notification to users to reload the source list when new fonts or sets are made available. With the server, a server folder or a server set selected, right-click and select the menu item “Notify clients to reload sources”
  • Performance improvements when viewing non-downloaded server fonts in the preview
  • Changes in the Statistics panel include: additional columns to show the System Version, Client version, e-mail address of user. When exporting data from Statistics it is now possible to select the separator and the file encoding
  • The License Information and Modify License Information dialogs have been modified to allow viewing longer text strings. Expanding the dialog results in expanded text fields which also show scrollbars when the text exceeds the visible area
  • Administrators can now apply a color label to Server Folders and Sets. This can be accessed via the “Properties” dialog. When the option “Label Color” is selected, clicking on the color field will produce the system color picker dialog. Here you can select your label color
  • Resolved:
  • Application sets in the local library would activate and deactivate fonts even though the local library was hidden
  • When user access to a server font was removed the font was still available to other applications even after the user logged out and back in again to the server

New in FontExplorer X Pro 5.5.1 Build 13008 (May 4, 2016)

  • Resolved:
  • When downloading many server fonts or when many users were downloading server fonts simultaneously, all fonts were frequently not listed in the License View (Fixed with FontExplorer X Server version 2.5.1)
  • Panels for setting local preferences in FontExplorer X Pro were incorrectly enabled when the Local Library was hidden by the Server Administrator
  • Some sub-menu items of “Reclaim from Selected Machines” in the Font License view were incorrectly disabled
  • Various minor bug fixes throughout the application

New in FontExplorer X Pro 5.5 Build 12712 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • New Features and Improvements:
  • FontExplorer X Pro now addresses compatibility issues with PostScript fonts and OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) by automatically identifying problematic PostScript Fonts and providing the user an option to automatically resolve the issue. New settings in the Advanced panel of the FontExplorer X Pro preferences support this feature for local fonts
  • Resolved:
  • An incorrect font icon (dimmed status) was shown in the font list for OpenType fonts that were grouped by family or style linked
  • When an InDesign document requested a TrueType font via the plugin, FontExplorer X Pro sometimes showed the font as missing
  • PlugIns:
  • Resolved:
  • FontExplorer X Pro crashed when loading the new plugin after a successful update
  • FontExplorer X Server Users and Administrators:
  • New Features and Improvements
  • Added backup management features to allow adding comments to backups, automatically deleting backups and permanently keeping backups (requires FontExplorer X Server version 2.5)
  • Added optional advanced client-server communication (non XML communication)
  • FontExplorer X Pro now addresses compatibility issues with PostScript fonts downloaded from the Server and OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). When the option is activated, PostScript Fonts will be made accessible to applications that require such fonts in a special location
  • FontExplorer X Server Users and Administrators:
  • Resolved:
  • Disable Client Updates setting was not enabled in the trial version of FontExplorer X Pro and as a result, the software update popup was appearing on every startup of FontExplorer X Pro
  • FontExplorer X Pro had performance issues when downloading several thousand server fonts
  • FontExplorer X Pro requested login credentials on startup for login-items located on a network drive, when the drive was not mounted

New in FontExplorer X Pro 5.0.2 Build 11924 (Sep 30, 2015)

  • New Features and Improvements:
  • Added full support for Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)
  • Resolved:
  • In the FontExplorer X Pro print dialog, it was not possible to "Manage Custom Sizes" in the "Print Layout" panel
  • FontExplorer X Pro randomly crashed after being in the idle state for some time
  • Global font requests/activation did not work for iWork 08 documents
  • Various minor user interface improvements
  • PlugIns:
  • Resolved:
  • QuarkXPress 2015 was crashing when quit if the FontExplorer X Pro plug-in was installed
  • When the Adobe Plug-Ins were installed by FontExplorer X Pro they did not have the same permissions as the parent folder

New in FontExplorer X Pro 5.0.1 Build 11502 (Jul 31, 2015)

  • New Features and Improvements:
  • Added support for OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) to the “Clean System Font Folder” feature
  • Resolved:
  • An error message appeared in the console log when FontExplorer X Pro tried to activate Fonts
  • Under certain conditions in Tile View, all Fonts were exported although only one Font was selected
  • Various minor user interface improvements in all three language versions of FontExplorer X Pro
  • When the application language was set to French, selecting the "Print" function resulted in a crash
  • FontExplorer X Pro crashed on startup when double-clicking on the software license file (ClientLicense.fcl) opened the Setup Assistant
  • A crash occurred when opening the "Settings" popover in Mini View under OS X 10.8
  • When resolving duplicate fonts in conflicts view, a crash occurred
  • When a Mac administration password was required to install the Adobe CC 2015 plug-ins the installation failed
  • Sporadic crashes occurred when enabling “Font Folder Protection”, copying Font files to the Organized Font Folder or when a System Font request was generated by the Adobe Illustrator application
  • PlugIns:
  • Resolved:
  • When FontExplorer X Pro plug-ins for Adobe CC 2015 applications were install from a Mac administrator account no other Mac user account had access to the plug-ins

New in FontExplorer X Pro 5.0.0 Build 11362 (Jul 6, 2015)

  • New Features and Improvements:
  • Welcome Tour – FontExplorer X Pro welcomes you by providing an overview of the most important features as well as the new features
  • Online Help – The new online help provides easy access to topic based information that you can easily search or navigate
  • Font Tiles View – FontExplorer X Pro provides Font Tiles View for a character oriented browsing experience of local and server fonts
  • State of the Art User Interface – FontExplorer X Pro has adapted a modern user interface in keeping with the Mac OS guidelines. FontExplorer X Pro now fully supports the Mac OS X dark mode
  • New Store Integration – The websites of Fonts.com, Linotype.com, Myfonts.com, FontShop.com and Membership by Monotype are now directly accessible in FontExplorer X Pro
  • New Plug-Ins – Updated Plug-Ins now support auto-activation for the brand new QuarkXPress 2015 and Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 Incopy, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop applications
  • WOFF 2.0 Support – Import, preview and organize the latest version of Web Open Font Format (WOFF 2.0)
  • Unicode 7.0 Support – FontExplorer X Pro now supports the Unicode 7 standard
  • Cloud Fonts – FontExplorer X Pro now supports Adobe's Typekit fonts. Adobe's Typekit and Monotype's SkyFonts now have separate entries under "Cloud Fonts" in the source list
  • Resolved:
  • The "Contained in" option in the small information panel and the Information dialog did not show the path for Fonts in nested sets
  • Multiple information dialogs were opened when attempting to view information on different styles within the selected Font Family
  • Warning message was not displaying when importing fonts from removable media (OS X 10.10 only)
  • User interface was sometimes corrupted in Mini View after switching views and resizing the window
  • The "Search" field above the Font List was sometimes truncated on the right (user interface issue)
  • Wrong Unicode number and wrong glyph ID was being shown for "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH CARON"
  • Web Preview WYSIWYG settings were not independent from FontExplorer X Pro main window or Mini View
  • Various minor user interface improvements throughout FontExplorer X Pro
  • FontExplorer X Pro did not detect and warn when "incompatible applications were running" (conflicting font management applications)
  • Certain fonts containing invalid kerning information caused FontExplorer X Pro to crash when importing fonts
  • When opening FontExplorer X Pro, the first row of the Library Font List was hidden because the scroll position was not getting restored correctly (OS X 10.10 only)
  • FontExplorer X Pro was not grouping all Fonts belonging to a Family when they had different naming conventions (improved Font Family grouping
  • Apple System Font Collections caused crashes and instability. FontExplorer X Pro no longer supports System Font Collections
  • PlugIns:
  • New:
  • Added plug-in support QuarkXPress 2015
  • Added plug-in support for Adobe InCopy, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Resolved:
  • Removed Adobe CS3, CS4, CS5, CS 5.1/5.5, QuarkXPress 7 and 8 Plug-Ins from the FontExplorer X Pro 5 Plug-In Manager dialog. If any of these are installed in your design applications they will continue to work with FontExplorer X Pro 5
  • FontExplorer X Server Users and Administrators:
  • New:
  • Added Kerberos support to facilitate Single Sign On authentication
  • The LDAP "Import Users and Groups" panel now shows the total number of users in a group as well as the number of imported user
  • Added the ability to filter for "deleted fonts" in Font License View
  • Added administrator settings to hide each of the new stores on a global, group or user basis: Fonts.com, Linotype.com, MyFonts.com or Membership by Monotype
  • Added administrator settings on a global, group or user basis to allow exporting of server sets
  • Added administrator settings on a global, group or user basis to hide the "SkyFonts" area in the Source List
  • Added administrator settings on a global, group or user basis to hide the "Typekit" area in the Source List
  • Added the ability to show the LDAP path for newly imported groups in Account Management (only when connected to FontExplorer X Server for Mac
  • Added the ability to update the license count when re-uploading a Font to the Server
  • Notification of FontExplorer X Server updates is now shown to administrators in the FontExplorer X Pro "Summary and Login" panel
  • Added the ability to include Server Fonts in local sets. The option can be turned on with a terminal command (see server release notes). The default setting is Server Fonts are not allowed in local Sets
  • Resolved:
  • When clicking "+" to add a New User in Account Management under the Users tab, searched keyword was not being removed from the User filter
  • The LDAP User details were shown in the LDAP Import Screen when an OU was selected and showing the incorrect results
  • When restoring the backup, Server was getting disconnected and on clicking "Try to Connect" button the selection focus was moving to the next available Server
  • When packaging the projects with all dependent files such as images and fonts, Server Fonts were invisible in QuarkXPress
  • It was not possible drag and drop a Server Font from one Server Set to another when these both resided within the same Server Folder

New in FontExplorer X Pro 4.2.3 Build 10505 (Feb 13, 2015)

  • RESOLVED:
  • Some font cache files were not removed when cleaning the application font caches for Adobe InDesign
  • FontExplorer X Pro sometimes showed a "Bug Discovered" message under Mac OS X 10.10.x when opening a dialog with a file selection list
  • PLUG-INS RESOLVED:
  • Adobe InCopy CS 6/CC/CC 2014:
  • The font "Replace" feature in the InCopy plug-in dialog was not working correctly
  • Adobe Illustrator CS 6/CC/CC 2014:
  • When opening a JPEG file with Adobe Illustrator an "Exception in file" message was shown with "User Message : LibXml: Document not parsed successfully. Unknown error message"
  • Adobe Illustrator would hang when attempting to activate a plug-in requested font from the FontExplorer X Pro Font Information dialog
  • Adobe Photoshop CS 6/CC/CC 2014:
  • Adobe Photoshop crashed if the plug-in requested a font while FontExplorer X Pro was not running

New in FontExplorer X Pro 4.2.2 Build 10500 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Resolved:
  • When activating a font under Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), FontExplorer X Pro would crash or hang when in “Preferences > Advanced” the fonts were set to automatically deactivate on shut down, restart, log out or when FontExplorer X Pro was quit
  • The Unicode range “Basic Latin” did not appear in the output from the “Print” feature
  • When a font activation plugin required a font, and FontExplorer X Pro was not already started, occasionally the auto-launch feature did not work
  • When viewing fonts in the Slide Show, occasionally a ghost image of fonts appeared in the background
  • FontExplorer X Pro crashed when opening the Font Information Dialog on a font with defective kerning information

New in FontExplorer X Pro 4.2.1 Build 10322 (Sep 4, 2014)

  • New:
  • Compatible with Mac OS X 10.9.5 and OS X 10.10 (DP 6)
  • Added plug-in support for Adobe CC 2014 InCopy, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop applications
  • Resolved:
  • The last character in a Unicode range was missing from output of the Print feature

New in FontExplorer X Pro 4.2 Build 9842 (Apr 1, 2014)

  • Resolved:
  • It was not possible to delete a custom classification as the name was not selectable in the Classification dialog
  • OS X 10.9 only – "Clean System Fonts Folders" mistakenly removed some required system fonts from /System/Library/Fonts and /Library/Fonts
  • Known Issues:
  • Following an update from Linotype FontExplorer X to FontExplorer X Pro the activation status of manually activated fonts may be lost and the fonts will need to be reactivated
  • If older System Font Collections from previous OS version are available, FontExplorer X Pro may crash when performing operations with the System Font Collections under OS X 10.9. Workaround: delete the old System Font Collections from "/Users/[USERNAME]/Library/FontCollections"
  • Plug-Ins Resolved:
  • Adobe InCopy CC – InCopy sometimes did not recognize the FontExplorer X plug-in due to a permissions problem
  • Plug-Ins Known Issues:
  • Photoshop CS5–CC: Fonts in layered TIFF files are not activated by the plugin. Activation occurs correctly when converted to a PSD file
  • Missing fonts are not detected in Illustrator PDF files and no font request occurs
  • No font request occurs on EPS documents with non-embedded fonts
  • Photoshop plugin Version 3.5.1: The font request dialog will erroneously open when a Photoshop file is selected in the Open dialog. Workaround: open files via double-click or by dragging them to the Photoshop application icon

New in FontExplorer X Pro 4.1.1 Build 9475 (Feb 7, 2014)

  • Resolved:
  • Fonts permanently activated in FontExplorer X Pro were no longer available in many other Applications such as Adobe CS5/5.5/6 and QuarkXPress 8 and 9 following an update to FontExplorer X Pro 4.1. Cleaning the System and Application Font Caches generally resolved this problem
  • The Smart Set dialog did not show checkboxes for Usages, Themes or Categories so that it was not possible to create a Smart Set based on individual classifications
  • Various minor unrelated issues have been addressed

New in FontExplorer X Pro 4.1 Build 9356 (Jan 17, 2014)

  • New:
  • Added the ability to preview Windows PostScript fonts in the Mac client
  • Added support for Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) fonts in the local library. Limited to import and preview functions
  • Resolved:
  • Disabled fonts in a PostScript Suitcase were not displayed in the Web Preview font list
  • The FontExplorer X Pro client software license file was sometimes not recognized after the application was restarted
  • The OpenType feature names were always shown in English even when the language was set to German or French
  • When no printer driver was installed or selected the FontExplorer X Pro Print dialog paper size was set to 0 x 0 which prevented a preview from showing or caused a crash when attempting to print
  • When the Organized Fonts folder was locked or the user did not have read permission on the folder it appeared as though the fonts were being copied or moved but this did not actually occur. Now an error message appears to warn the user
  • Under OS X 10.9 FontExplorer X Pro crashed when creating new System Font Collections or dragging fonts to existing Collections if certain older System Font Collections existed on the machine
  • The Web Preview no longer maintains distracting outline boxes around elements when a new font is applied
  • The local Restore function failed if the "FontExplorer X Pro Fonts" folder already existed in the selected directory
  • The Clean Application Font Cache function has been improved to detect additional cache files
  • Some System Fonts required by OS X 10.9 were being removed when cleaning the System Font Folder
  • Known Issues:
  • If older System Font Collections from previous OS version are available, FontExplorer X Pro may crash when performing operations with the System Font Collections under OS X 10.9. Workaround: delete the old System Font Collections from "/Users/[USERNAME]/Library/FontCollections"
  • Plug-Ins Resolved:
  • Occasionally the Adobe Illustrator plug-ins could not be launched after being installed through the Plug-In Manager dialog. "Error loading plugins" was shown
  • Plug-Ins Known Issues:
  • Photoshop CS5–CC: Fonts in layered TIFF files are not activated by the plugin. Activation occurs correctly when converted to a PSD file
  • Missing fonts are not detected in Illustrator PDF files and no font request occurs
  • No font request occurs on EPS documents with non-embedded fonts
  • Photoshop plugin Version 3.5.1: The font request dialog will erroneously open when a Photoshop file is selected in the Open dialog. Workaround: open files via double-click or by dragging them to the Photoshop application icon
  • Deployment and Setup:
  • Added the following terminal command which makes the Mac login account name to the default FontExplorer X Server user name. This command should only be used in connection with a FontExplorer X Pro client freshly installed from a QuickInstall application: defaults write com.linotype.fontExplorerX useLoginUsernameAsDefaultUsernameForFexServer -bool true
  • A Plugin installer tool has been added to the Plugin bundle included in the software package. To extract the bundle, right click on the FontExplorer X Pro application and select "Show Package Contents". Navigate to the "Resources" folder and copy "PlugIns.bundle" to your desktop or other location. Run the following command in the Terminal.app (modify the path accordingly): /Users/USERNAME/Desktop/PlugIns.bundle/Contents/Resources/plugin-installer --install

New in FontExplorer X Pro 4.0.2 Build 8998 (Nov 4, 2013)

  • New:
  • Added support for Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
  • The "System Font Protection" function has been removed from the "Tools" menu under Mac OS X 10.9 as the OS no longer supports this feature
  • Resolved:
  • FontExplorer X Pro crashed on startup when running under Mac OS X 10.9 if certain older system font collections were present
  • Plug-Ins:
  • New:
  • Added plug-in support for QuarkXPress 10
  • Resolved for QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 9 Plug-Ins:
  • QuarkXPress would hang when importing colors/styles from a document where missing fonts caused the Plug-in Request dialog to open
  • An error occasionally occurred when replacing fonts in a document via the Plug-in Request dialog

New in FontExplorer X Pro 4.0.1 Build 8588 (Jul 27, 2013)

  • New:
  • Our Software License Agreement has been updated
  • Resolved:
  • A crash occurred on check for plug-in update when FontExplorer X Pro was started from a read-only disk (OS X 10.8)
  • The Web Preview occasionally crashed when previewing certain websites
  • The state (enabled/disabled) of the "Remove from FontExplorer X Pro" menu item did not update correctly when re-subscribing to SkyFonts
  • Some fonts which were deactivated in FontExplorer X Pro appeared in the Web Preview as boxes and not characters
  • The Slideshow controller window only stored the last window position and not the window positon according to expanded or minimized state. Now each size remembers its last position
  • FontExplorer X Pro crashed during automatic injection of the packager script if Adobe InDesign was already started
  • A newly imported FontExplorer X Pro application license was occasionally not available on next startup (permissions/locking problem on license file)
  • FontExplorer X Pro would hang or crash in the print preview when no printer driver was installed or the page size was set to 0 x 0
  • Server Users and Server Administrators:
  • Resolved:
  • Random client disconnects occurred during server communication if no response was received within 3 seconds (timeout problem)
  • Although auto login was selected the FontExplorer X Pro client did not always automatically reconnect to the FontExplorer X Server when waking from sleep mode or after a server restart (replication)
  • Server fonts were activated in FontExplorer X Pro but not available to other applications when the system function "reopen windows when logging back in" was selected (OS X 10.7/10.8)
  • Manually activated server fonts used in a document were being deactivated together with the plug-in activated fonts when the option "Deactivate fonts that have been activated by plug-ins when requesting application quits" was selected

New in FontExplorer X Pro 4.0 Build 8391 (Jun 17, 2013)

  • Web font support:
  • Import, preview and organize Web fonts, including WOFF (Web Open Font Format) and EOT (Embedded OpenType) fonts in your local library. WOFF and EOT fonts are currently not supported by the FontExplorer X Server
  • Web Preview:
  • Experiment on any website with new colors, line spacing and ANY font from your FontExplorer X Pro library
  • Slideshow feature:
  • The redesigned slideshow makes it even easier to try selected fonts in your designs by simply overlaying type upon your documents
  • Mini View:
  • A convenient Mini View option condenses FontExplorer X Pro into a compact window while still providing access to your complete font library
  • The main Preview can be configured to show when a set of pre-defined, common OpenType features are available in a Font and also to provide a preview of those features
  • View all of the available OpenType features a Font contains in the Font Information "Detailed Preview" panel. Features can be turned on and off for comparison
  • Improved Font Preview with options for single line, multi-line or waterfall view. Text can be customized in the preview preferences
  • Share Font Previews:
  • Share inspiring font previews with friends and colleagues via e-mail, Message, Air Drop, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr (OS 10.8 or higher)
  • Quick Look fonts directly from your font list (WOFF and EOT fonts are not supported)
  • Added support in smart sets and the Font Information dialog for the language Maori
  • Enhanced smart sets:
  • New filters include: Last x Activated fonts, Last x Imported fonts, Supported Languages based on character set, OpenType features and SkyFonts attributes
  • SkyFonts Support:
  • FontExplorer X Pro now supports SkyFonts font delivery technology for easily trialing, installing and synchronizing desktop fonts from Fonts.com subscriptions or Google Fonts across multiple workstations
  • Subscription Licensing:
  • Have a Fonts.com Master or Professional subscription plan? You can license your FontExplorer X Pro software with your existing account credentials
  • Hide Source List:
  • Save even more space for your font previews by having the ability to hide the source list panel
  • Added one-click classification and icon symbols to the "Classify Fonts" dialog
  • Added the ability to apply the software license file during installation via the Setup Assistant
  • The Print dialog now offers the ability to export and import custom Print templates so you can now share your templates with other FontExplorer X users
  • A warning message is will be provided when attempting to place System fonts in an activation control set
  • Missing PostScript Printer fonts can be hidden in the Font List via a new option in the View menu (Hide/Show Missing PostScript Printer Fonts)
  • Enhancements in the Font Information dialog's "Characters" panel for character "Info". Area is now resizable and the maximum character size has been increased to 500 points
  • Exact matches can be searched for in the Font list by specifying the search string in quotes. This also enables searching for blanks which are otherwise interpreted as a separator
  • For resolved and known issues, please see the Read Me file included in the download.

New in FontExplorer X Pro 3.5.2 Build 7799 (Feb 19, 2013)

  • Resolved Issues:
  • Server fonts using the "Force Activate" option will correctly retain their activation status when FontExplorer X Pro is restarted in offline mode. Previously these fonts remained deactivated until the user logged in to the server
  • Adobe InDesign and Illustrator Users: PostScript Type 1 fonts activated from the FontExplorer X Server will correctly show kerning in Adobe InDesign CS5+ and Illustrator CS5+ applications. Previously this only worked with CS4 or earlier versions of the Adobe applications or when using locally activated PostScript fonts
  • Adobe InDesign Users: Added a FontExplorer X Pro preference key which will control whether server fonts are visible or invisible when running the InDesign packaging function. To make server fonts visible for the packaging process, quit FontExplorer X Pro and Adobe InDesign. On the client workstation, enter the following command in the Terminal application followed by the Enter key:
  • defaults write com.linotype.FontExplorerX disableIndesignPackageFixScript -bool FALSE
  • To make server fonts invisible again for the packager enter the following command in the Terminal application followed by the Enter key:
  • defaults write com.linotype.FontExplorerX disableIndesignPackageFixScript -bool TRUE
  • If no action is taken, the server fonts will continue to be packaged invisibly

New in FontExplorer X Pro 3.5.1 Build 7557 (Dec 6, 2012)

  • Resolved Issues:
  • Preview images can be successfully dragged to another location when FontExplorer X Pro is running in 64-bit mode
  • FontExplorer X Pro no longer crashes when cleaning the organized fonts folder
  • Occasional crashes with duplicate fonts contained in a System Font Collection have been addressed
  • The content of a print book, created from a selected Set, Folder or Smart Set is now correctly sorted in alphabetical order
  • When duplicating a Set, Folder or Smart Set in the source list the labels and comments will be attached to the duplicate
  • The application no longer hangs if a Set name is edited while fonts are being imported to that set
  • Sporadic crashes on plug-in activation of fonts have been resolved
  • Application font cache cleaning has been extended to detect even more font cache files, including all locations for Microsoft Office 2011 cache files
  • Added a "Don't ask again" option to the "Analyze fonts for languages" dialog shown at startup
  • Added error handling when renaming or moving FontExplorer X Pro or its parent directory while the application is running
  • Added an option to include the user’s FontExplorer X Pro serial number when sending feedback. This will help Customer Support to reduce response time
  • Mac OS X 10.7 & 10.8 only: Creating a new System Font Collection no longer produces two collections
  • Several improvements have been implemented in various areas of the program in order to provide the user with better feedback
  • Various user interface errors and inconsistencies have been addressed
  • Known Issues:
  • Mac OS X 10.6 only: Fonts with # in their filename will not appear in FontExplorer X when they are located in /Library/Fonts. When imported into FontExplorer X Pro or FontExplorer X Server they cannot be activated nor will they display a preview. Resolved with OS X 10.7.x
  • After fast user switching FontExplorer X Pro refreshes the fonts in order to ensure that any System Font changes made by other users are available to all users on that machine. When doing this, the FontExplorer X Pro main window will always come to the foreground
  • Mac OS X 10.5.x only (Resolved with Mac OS X 10.6): Removing font suitcases from a System Collection may cause FontExplorer X Pro to crash if some of the fonts in the suitcase are not activated. This may also occur when resolving conflicts and the font suitcase is contained in a System Collection
  • Using Mac OS X 10.5.8 – Move the fonts you wish to keep to a new System Collection, then delete the System Collection containing the suitcase font
  • PlugIns:
  • Resolved Issues:
  • Photoshop CS6: Navigating in the file browser with the arrow keys no longer produces a crash
  • Known PlugIn Issues:
  • Photoshop plugin Version 3.5.1: The font request dialog will erroneously open when a Photoshop file is selected in the Open dialog. Workaround: open files via double-click or by dragging them to the Photoshop application icon
  • Server Users and Server Administrators:
  • Resolved Issues:
  • Added an option to the License View to show "Deleted Users"
  • Improved error handling should the network connection drop during download of server fonts
  • When notification of a Font License Violation is shown in the Summary & Login panel, clicking on "Show Licenses" will automatically present a list of the under licensed fonts
  • All Server Fonts will be downloaded for the administrator on "Download Now" or "Download at Login" and not only fonts which are assigned to Server Sets.

New in FontExplorer X Pro 3.1.1 Build 6543 (Jan 31, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • When a font is intentionally removed from a System Font folder (via Finder), it can now be removed from FontExplorer X Pro via the context menu in the font list. Previously it could only be removed by using the "Conflicts" feature
  • It is now possible to classify all the fonts in a set, folder or smart set by selecting the set, folder or smart set in the source list and start the classification
  • 
Resolved Issues:
  • Permanently activated fonts were not activated after a system startup or restart unless FontExplorer X Pro was started
  • FontExplorer X Pro only started in the Mac user account that originally installed the software package. An "Unauthorized Bundle" message was shown when started by other Mac user accounts (e.g. after "Fast-user Switching" or "Quick Install" installations)
  • An incorrect warning message was shown when exporting font previews
  • Font Information Window: When the "Show missing characters" option in the "Characters" panel was activated, the missing characters were not shown in red
  • Various user interface issues in the French language version of FontExplorer X Pro
  • Generated "Smart Set" titles did not show detailed format information when using "Format" as the criteria
  • Several issues around scanning PDF documents for fonts (crashes, no fonts found, etc.)
  • When a communication error occurred while attempting to send feedback to Linotype, closing the error dialog with "Don't try" would also close the Feedback window containing your message
  • After updating from version 1.2.3 to 3.1 an "Attempt to mutate immutable object…" error sometimes occurred which prevented FontExplorer X Pro from starting up when the system language was set to German
  • Font Conflicts: Previous scan results were not cleared when a new scan was started for "Fonts listed in FEX but deleted in Finder"
  • Kerning was not shown in the preview or detailed preview although the font contained kerning information. See also "Known Issues"
  • Authentication was required to clean the system font caches although Admin-free mode was activated
  • OS X 10.7: If full-screen mode was active when FontExplorer X Pro was quit, the main window would open in a standard-size window when the application was restarted
  • Fonts would occasionally sort incorrectly in Group Font Family view. This resulted in the inability to jump directly to a font by keying the first character in the name
  • Resolved Issues for FontExplorer X Server Users and Server Administrators:
  • Fonts uploaded to the FontExplorer X Server version 1.6 were sometimes missing after restarting the server. This could also be seen after restoring a backup or after server replication, both of which require a server restart
  • Fixed an issue where login was slow when connecting to servers with many nested sets and folders
  • Server error messages were not shown correctly when the language was set to French
  • LDAP directory was not displayed correctly when accessing Open Directory (Mac client only)
  • With "Hide Library" enabled, users with "Write" permissions on Sets were able to select File>Import
  • Connection between server and client was periodically lost during font upload/download
  • After a long connection (more than 8 hour) users were not notified that their login had expired and were forced to quit the client in order to log in again
  • In the LDAP Configure Domains window, the Domain Name field allowed entry of IP addresses. An error is now displayed when attempting to save the configuration
  • In the LDAP Configure Domains window, the Domain Name field was labeled "IP or Hostname" in the German and French translations. This has been changed to "Domain Name" (German: "Domänen-Name:" French: "Nom de Domaine")
  • After upgrades of server with LDAP Authentication enabled, administrators were not automatically directed to LDAP Configure Domains window and instructed to enter domain information
  • Windows server panel Backup Destination now allows selection of a network directory for backup
  • Offline usage information in the small info panel is not displayed accurately when not logged in to the FontExplorer X Server
  • LDAP Synchronization would occasionally assign users to the wrong group

New in FontExplorer X Pro 3.1 Build 6092 (Oct 3, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Obtain font information for all fonts in a set or folder by selecting the set or folder in the source list and opening the Font Information dialog. All fonts will be contained in the font popup
  • Apply a rating, label and/or comment to all fonts in a set or folder. Select a set or folder. In the Font menu, select Change Label (Rating/Comment), specify the desired attribute(s) and Save. The attribute(s) will be applied to all the fonts in the set or folder
  • "Check for Updates" now has added options for skipping a version and reminders at a later time-point
  • Added PlugIns for Adobe CS5.5 suite (Illustrator CS 5.1, InDesign CS5.5, Photoshop CS5.1)
  • Added Plugins for Adobe InCopy CS5 and CS5.5
  • "Detect Fonts in Documents" has been extended to include InCopy document types (icml and icmt)
  • Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) compatibility
  • Resolved:
  • When the system date format used a slash for a separator (MM/DD/YYYY), no application backup or configuration file was saved
  • When a permissions conflict existed, FontExplorer X Pro had problems when trying to remove Plug-Ins via the Plug-In manager dialog
  • Unicode range "Glyph Variants" is no longer missing in the Characters panel of the Font Information Dialog
  • The unicode range "Glyph Variants" is now supported in the font print book
  • Fonts were no longer shown in the fontlist after searching for specific fonts and applying a classification
  • Detect Fonts in Documents will now correctly recognize fonts contained in PDF documents generated by Microsoft Word
  • Comments applied to multiple fonts at the same time were missing after restarting FontExplorer X Pro
  • Changed:
  • Preview Toolbar: The kerning checkbox has been removed. If a font contains kerning information it will always be displayed in the preview with kerning active. The Kerning checkbox in the Detailed Preview of the Font Information dialog will show if the font contains kerning information. (No change for Mac OS X 10.4)
  • Preview Toolbar: Rare ligatures are no longer shown on their own but will be shown together with common ligatures. (No change for Mac OS X 10.4)
  • Missing characters in a font are now represented by an outline box in the preview area and no longer a black diamond containing a white question mark. (No change for Mac OS X 10.4)
  • Resolved PlugIn Issues:
  • Adobe Illustrator CS3: Adobe Illustrator documents will now save correctly when the default document format is selected in the "Save as" dialog.
  • Adobe Illustrator CS3, CS4 & CS5: Adobe Illustrator no longer hangs after clicking the "Cancel" or "Done" button in the PlugIn font request dialog.
  • Adobe InDesign CS3: The PlugIn now functions correctly for auto-activation, manual activation and auto launch of FontExplorer X Pro.
  • Adobe Photoshop CS5: The French language version of the font request dialog no longer appears when a non-French version of Adobe Photoshop is started in 32-bit mode.
  • QuarkXPress 7, 8 & 9: Multiple dialogs or windows no longer appear when opening QuarkXPress documents containing more than one layout.
  • QuarkXPress 7, 8 & 9: New: Added a "Replace Font" feature to the PlugIn font request dialog.
  • Known PlugIn Issues:
  • Adobe Illustrator CS3, CS4 & CS5: If an Adobe Illustrator document contains a placed PDF or illustrator document with embedded fonts, an incorrect font request will occur with the status missing. Activate any fonts that the document may require and ignore the incorrect requests by clicking on the Done button.

New in FontExplorer X Pro 3.0 Build 5482 (Apr 13, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • The print feature has been extended to include images in the header and footer areas. Now you can add your logo or other graphics to your font catalog pages
  • Font slide show functionality has been integrated into the Font Information Detailed Preview panel. Transparency, frameless mode, "keep on top", timer and loop options make finding the right font for your project easier than ever
  • Quickly and easily put fonts in an automatically generated "Ad hoc" set as you select them from a slide show, preview or font list with just a simple keyboard shortcut (Cmmd +)
  • Smart Sets can now be organized into folders  
  • The new Plug-In updater ensures that you have access to the latest plugin updates as they become available
  • Import fonts and sets from FontAgent Pro, Extensis Suitcase Fusion 2 or Extensis Suitcase Fusion 3 directly into FontExplorer X Pro. Use the import function or simply drag and drop
  • The new Character Toolbox gives you more information about a font than you ever had. Compare ink and paper usage of selected fonts, scan fonts for available characters and the languages supported by those fonts
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for kerning, tracking, common and rare ligatures in both the preview and detailed preview
  • Optionally keep the font structure you created in FontExplorer X Pro when exporting your fonts
  • FontExplorer X Pro now speaks French
  • Includes a PlugIn for QuarkXPress 9
  • Application font cache cleaning includes font caches for QuarkXPress 9
  • Added new formats to the "Detect Fonts in Documents" feature. Now you can also scan Adobe .idml, Adobe Illustrator CS3, CS4 and CS5 documents
  • We've improved the "Detect Fonts in Documents" feature and added new reporting options which allow you to select multiple documents when creating a set or generating a report. Reports can be saved as plain text or in XML format and can be printed directly from the dialog
  • The Fast Preview option allows for immediate display of the preview text when navigating through the font list
  • View your comments on Sets and Folder by simply holding the mouse pointer on the item
  • The Backup, Configuration and Quick Install dialogs have been consolidated and improved
  • New Features for FontExplorer X Server Users and Administrators:
  • Added visual feedback to show server login in progress
  • Administrators can now export their server font library or server font sets
  • A new security level has been created for deleting fonts from the server
  • View the comments on Server Sets and Server Folders by simply holding the mouse pointer on the item
  • The machine name has been added to the server Statistics panel
  • Resolved:
  • When not connected to the network, FontExplorer X Pro would sometimes hang during startup while attempting to connect to the network file server. Connection failed error
  • Selected Smart sets based on "Fonts imported today" now update correctly when a new day begins
  • Individual fonts can now be removed from global and plug-in request sets via the context menu
  • Unicode ranges have been updated and localized
  • Memory problems when viewing fonts with large kerning tables in the Font Information Dialog
  • Plug-Ins
Plug-ins for Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator and QuarkXPress 7, 8 and 9 now recognize font requests from graphics with non-embedded fonts
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator – Resolved many instances of available fonts not being requested or hanging during activationFontExplorer X Pro will no longer auto-start when opening documents from an application where plug-ins are installed and the Mac user account has no software license (multi-user Macs)
Adobe InDesign – Incorrect font requests occurred when working with documents containing composite fonts
Adobe Illustrator – The Illustrator missing fonts dialog no longer appears before FontExplorer X Pro activates fonts
  • FontExplorer X Server Connection
Server fonts will now be automatically downloaded if required by a Plug-In When the local library was hidden it was not possible to export server preview images
Server users with read/write permission on a server folder can no longer import non-server fonts to that folder

New in FontExplorer X Pro 2.5.2 Build 5152 (Dec 9, 2010)

  • New Features:
  • System Font Protection: Mac OS X has a System method, that monitors the System Font Folder and checks whether all "protected" System Fonts are still in place. If not, they will be copied back into the System Font directory. FontExplorer X Pro 2.5.2 introduces a function to the “Tools” menu which can turn System Font Protection on or off. When turning System Font Protection back on, you can optionally restore removed system fonts. (Requires OS 10.5 or higher)
Note: If you have turned System Font Protection off and replaced System Fonts you should not use the "Clean System Fonts Folders…" feature as doing so will remove your replacement System Fonts
  • Added "Languages" to the Information Area – shows the languages that a font supports. This can be activated via the "Customize" dialog (Menu: View > Customize… or right-click in the Information Area)
  • Global Font Request and Activation Conflict dialogs now show the font format of listed fonts
  • New Features for FontExplorer X Server Users:
  • "Font Format" and "Last Modified by" information added to the License View panel
  • A new "Download Now" button in the Summary & Login panel enables you to download all new server fonts with one click. Optionally you can set this to occur on login
  • It is now possible to "hide" FontExplorer X servers in the source list. They can be shown again with the "Show hidden servers" command
  • Server sets which are set to force download are now identifiable by their icon
  • Any manually connected server that has been logged in to now remains in the source list. It is no longer necessary to manually reconnect each time FontExplorer X is started
  • Resolved:
  • Font classification checkboxes would scroll out of view under Mac OS X 10.4 making them inaccessible
  • The color chooser dialog would incorrectly reopen on certain actions
  • Fonts activated by plug-ins will now follow the settings for automatic deactivation in the Preferences > Advanced panel. They will no longer automatically deactivate when FontExplorer X Pro quits – unless specified in the preference settings
  • A small number of specific fonts would cause a crash when opening the Font Information Dialog
  • Adobe Illustrator CS5 PlugIn (Mac OS X 10.6 only): Both Adobe Illustrator and FontExplorer X Pro would hang when a plug-in font request caused FontExplorer X Pro to launch
  • Adobe Photoshop CS3/CS4/CS5 PlugIn: Photoshop no longer hangs when dropping multiple PDF documents on the Photoshop Dock icon
  • Adobe Photoshop CS3/CS4/CS5 PlugIn: Photoshop crashes when "Activate All" is selected in the plug-in dialog (timing related)
  • Various unrelated crashes

New in FontExplorer X Pro 2.5.1 Build 4904 (Jul 10, 2010)

  • New Features:
  • Added PlugIns for Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe InDesign CS5 and Adobe PhotoShop CS5 (Intel Macs, OS 10.5 or higher).
  • Added the menu item "Log out" to the server context menu and to the "Server" menu.
  • Users with offline permission will now have access to their downloaded server fonts at all times. Offline mode will automatically be in effect whenever disconnected from the server – prior to login and following logout. The Work Offline and Work Online menu items have therefore been removed from the server context menu.
  • Resolved:
  • Offline mode would not go into effect after restarting FontExplorer X Pro when disconnected from the FontExplorer X Server.
  • Increasing/Decreasing the Preview font size via the toolbar icons did not produce the correct result.
  • When QuarkXPress 8 was installed, the option to clean the QuarkXPress font caches was occasionally disabled in the "Clean Application Font Caches" dialog.
  • It was possible to drag multiple items to the name field of a Set or Folder making the names in the source list unreadable. This is no longer possible. Multi-line Set names that occurred with an earlier version of FontExplorer X Pro will be reduced to one line following this software update. It is however, recommended to correct the names to avoid extremely long entries in the Information Area and Smart Set dialog. To do this:
  • Select the Set or Folder
  • Double click on the name or hit the Enter key
  • Assign a new meaningful name
  • Resolved with Mac OS X 10.6.3 – Postscript Type 1 fonts residing in a suitcase which contained more than 10 font styles would not always activate in FontExplorer X Pro and their preview showed "Not Available".
  • Mac OS X 10.6.x only: Right-clicking in the Summary tab of the Font Information dialog would produce a crash.
  • "Contained in" did not show all the Sets a font was contained in but instead only showed the Font Library. This effected both the small information area in the lower left of the main window and the Summary tab of the Font Information dialog.
  • Adobe InDesign CS3 & CS4 PlugIn: With certain documents InDesign would hang during font activation.
  • Various unrelated crashes.

New in FontExplorer X Pro 2.0.3 Build 3703 (Sep 29, 2009)

  • Resolved:
  • An issue where Unicodes in the kerning dialog were converted to decimal values.
  • An issue where some keystroke sequences were being incorrectly displayed in the character preview panel.
  • An issue were fonts have not been correctly activated following a restart when working with Network Home Directories.
  • An issue where Sets would sporadically disappear after restart when working in a Network Home Directory environment.
  • An issue where Fonts defined as permanently activated were occasionally deactivated after a restart.
  • An issue where Adobe InDesign CS2/CS3/CS4 would crash when opening documents containing graphic elements (EPS, PDF, etc.) with non-embedded fonts. (resolved with PlugIn update)
  • An issue where FontExplorer X Pro sporadically crashed when removing font suitcases from a System Collection or resolving font conflicts under Mac OS X 10.5.x. This is resolved when the operating system is updated to Mac OS X 10.6.
  • An issue with Adobe In-Design CS3/CS4 (resolved with PlugIn update): When typing the name of a font in the font selection field, the previous font name would again appear.
  • Improvements:
  • FontExplorer X 2.0.3 is now compatible with Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard).
  • Font info now shows the languages supported by the character set of a font.
  • Clean Application Font Caches now also cleans the font cache for QuarkXpress 8.

New in FontExplorer X Pro 2.0.2 Build 3433 (Jun 2, 2009)

  • An issue where the Plugin Manager would sporadically show the incorrect path to a plugin, usually on multi-partition machines.
  • An issue where sets and smartsets were missing after upgrading from Linotype FontExplorer® X 1.2.3 to FontExplorer X Pro. The database will automatically repair itself when FontExplorer X Pro 2.0.2 is started.
  • An issue where activated fonts were not reactivated after restarting the system.
  • An issue where under Mac OS® X 10.4 the setup assistant would activate each time FontExplorer X Pro started.
  • An issue where auto font activation in Adobe® InDesign® via plugIn would occasionally hang.
  • An occasional crash during font import.
  • An issue where FontExplorer X Pro would sporadically hang when opening the authentication dialog, e.g. when attempting to clean the font caches.
  • An issue where fonts that were automatically activated on import were not active after the user logged out and logged in to the mac although the preference setting under "Advanced" was set to "never deactivate".
  • Updating from Mac OS X 10.5.x to Mac OS X 10.5.7 resolves a problem where "Rare Ligatures" did not display. The Mac OS update resolves this problem in all FontExplorer X Pro versions (1.2.3, 2.0 and 2.0.1).

New in FontExplorer X Pro 2.0.1 Build 3090 (Feb 26, 2009)

  • Resolved:
  • An issue where the FontExplorer X Pro "Check for Update" did not function.
  • An issue where FontExplorer X Pro would sporadically crash when changing the input source.
  • An issue where scrolling did not work in the kerning dialog.
  • An issue where permanently activated fonts were not reactivated after a system restart.
  • An issue where FontExplorer X Pro would crash when resolving duplicate fonts that were contained in an Apple Font Collection.
  • An issue where FontExplorer X Pro would automatically launch when opening an image document in Adobe Photoshop CS3 or CS4.
  • An issue where FontExplorer X Pro would crash when exporting fonts as images using extremely large point sizes when too little memory was available.
  • An issue where fonts were erroneously moved to the trash during the "Clean Organized Fonts Folder" process if the font filename contained accented characters.
  • The Adobe InDesign CS 3 plug-in now installs and functions correctly under Mac OS 10.4.
  • Simplified the installation procedure when using the Quick Installer to install FontExplorer X Pro on multi-user machines.
  • Added support for iWork 09 and Adobe Creative Suite 4 in the "Clean System Fonts Folder" function.
  • Added an alert when Font Book Preferences are set to allow automatic font activation.
  • The FontExplorer X Pro User Guide has been updated.
  • Please note that the terms of the Software License Agreement have been updated.

New in FontExplorer X Pro 2.0 Build 2879 (Jan 6, 2009)

  • Activation control with application-based sets and font request view.
  • Customizable list view.
  • Kerning pairs in info window.
  • Configurable toolbar.
  • Connects to the all new FontExplorer X Server.
  • Font store can be hidden by user or server admin.
  • Backup functionality.
  • Integrated PDF manual.
  • Quick Install functionality.
  • Adobe InDesign CS4 plug-in.
  • Adobe Illustrator CS4 plug-in.
  • Adobe Photoshop CS3 plug-in.
  • Adobe Photoshop CS4 plug-in.
  • QuarkXPress 8 plug-ins.