Fontcase
Elegant font management for Mac OS X.
Plug-ins for Fontcase
Fontcase can be extended with all sorts of plugins. We've written a few ourselves, which you can download here for free. If you're interested in writing plugins for Fontcase click here to learn how to create them.
Once you've downloaded a plugin, double-click to install it. After that you can find them in the menu, in the Fonts menu or in the Tools menu, depending on the plugin.
Available Plug-ins
We currently have the following plugins available:
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Collections you created in Fontcase will show up in the standard System font panel.
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Collections you created in Font Book or the standard Font Panel will be imported in Fontcase.
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Creates a new collection from the currently selected fonts.
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If fonts of you are behaving weird, you can always try to clear the System Font Cache. This plugin lets you do that.
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Clears the cache for the selected fonts. May prove useful if some fonts have bad previews.
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Lets you export the metadata for the selected font as a plain XML file.
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The counterpart of the previous plug-in. A convenient way to exchange metadata between machines.
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Let's you apply tags/genres or designers to multiple fonts without overwriting existing metadata.
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Let's you remove tags/genres or designers from multiple fonts, leaving the other metadata intact.
Third-party plug-ins
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Opens up the FontShop.com profile page for a font's designer and shows you other fonts by them. Created by Itai Ferber.
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Exports the current selection in a CSV text file. Created by Joe Turner.
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Scans the standard font folders and imports into Fontcase any missing fonts. Created by Binary Gastronome.
Do you want to create a plugin yourself or would like to have one listed? Drop us a line at mail@bohemiancoding.com and you'll get a free license key for Fontcase.
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