X Font Manager version 1.1.4 [2002/10/24]
© 2001-2002, VoJou Software. All rights reserved.

X Font Manager is a system utility that allows to enable and disable fonts.

You can easily disable infrequently used fonts yet have access to them quickly when you need them.

System Requirements

X Font Manager runs on any Power Macintosh with Mac OS X 10.1.1 and later.

Using X Font Manager

X Font Manager activates and desactivate font files by moving them in and out of the Font folder. Desactivated fonts are moved into a "Fonts (Disabled)" folder in the same directory as the Fonts folder.

When you activate or desactivate a font, using the check boxes in X Font Manager list, the change occurs immediatly. You don't have to quit X Font Manager for the changes to occur. Since the font database (the list of available fonts) is rebuilt everytime an application is launched, the changes made in X Font Manager are effective the next time you launch an application.

You can create different font sets for different environments. For example, you might build one font set called SeldomUsed and another set called NormalFonts.

X Font Manager Preferences

• 	Fonts directories allows you to select the font directories which XFM will use.
• 	Sample text allows you to change the sample text displayed by XFM.
• 	Miscellanous (Misc) allows you to move system fonts and to move local fonts without being authorized

Known limitations

When you disable a PostScript font suitcase, X Font Manager moved the Bitmap suitcase only. LWFN files stay in the Fonts Folder. Since Mac OS X does not recognize LWFN files as real fonts, they won't be available in any applications if the bitmap fonts are desactivated.

X Font Manager cannot preview (LWFN) PostScript fonts when they are disabled because the bitmap files LWFN files are in different folders.

In this version, you can only create global sets. In a future release, you should be able to active/desactive custom font sets.

Symbol and Zapf Dingbats fonts don't preview correctly.

Fonts on Mac OS X

Mac OS X looks for fonts in 5 directories :

~/Library/Fonts (User)
The fonts installed in this folder are available only to the current user.

/Library/Fonts (Local)
The fonts installed in this folder are available to all users on the macintosh. These fonts are not needed by Mac OS X in order to run. You can disable them without side effects. To change this folder, you need to be logged as an administrator user.

/Network/Library/Fonts (Network)
The fonts installed in this folder are available to all users of a local area network. This folder is under the control of a network administrator.

/System/Library/Fonts (System)
The fonts installed in this folder are default fonts required by Mac OS X. You should not alter this folder unless you really know what you are doing!

[Classic System Folder]/Fonts (Classic)
This is the Fonts Folder of your classic Mac OS 9 System Folder. They are available to all users, even if Classic is not running.

If several folders contain the same font, Mac OS X uses the font of highest priority (user, then local, as shown above).

You can change the folders X Font Manager scans in the preferences dialog .

Mac OS X supports the following font formats:

Macintosh TrueType font suitcase
The most common format on Mac OS 8/9.

Windows TrueType TTF or TTC font
Standard TrueType fonts from the Windows OS. These can be used as is on Mac OS X.

PostScript OpenType
Device independent font format developped by Adobe and Microsoft.

PostScript Type 1 Outline font (LWFN)
Standard PostScript fonts from Mac OS 8/9. They require a Macintosh bitmapped font suitcase.

Macintosh PostScript Type 1 Enabled font
It is an "old" format introduced with Mac OS 7.5 and Quick Draw GX. It cannot be used with Mac OS 8. These fonts are standard Macintosh font suitcases that include PostScript Type 1 Outline font (LWFN) in their 'snft' resources. (You can use the classic application Type 1 Enabler available with QuickDraw GX to convert PostScript Type 1 Outline font to PostScript Type 1 Enabled font.)

See Apple Technical Note 2020  <http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn2024.html> for more.

Shareware fee

X Font Manager is distributed as Shareware. You can try it for 15 days. If you want to continue to use it, you have to pay the shareware fee: a license for a single user will cost $12 ($60 for a Site License, $120 for a WorldWide License).

You can also register online at http://order.kagi.com/?U25&S

Contact

You can contact the author by email at info@vojousoftware.com . To find the latest version of X Font Manager, go to http://www.vojousoftware.com/

Version history

• 	Version 1.0 [2001/11/29] Final release
• 	Version 1.1 [2002/04/11] Supports the "misc" preference, which allows you to move system fonts and local fonts without being an authorized user
• 	Version 1.1.1 [2002/04/14] Remove the 5 suitecases per folder limitation in demo version. Trial period expires after 15 days. No changes for registered users.
• 	Version 1.1.2 [2002/05/29] When moving system fonts, XFM asks for admin password once only.
• 	Version 1.1.3 [2002/08/08] XFM finds classic fonts when installed on a separate partition.
• 	Version 1.1.4 [2002/10/24] Updated for Mac OS X 10.2.

Thanks

Thanks to all the beta testers and particulary Ryan for his invaluable help. Thanks to an unknown user (I've lost his name) for his help to improve this read-me.

Legal Information

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS. VOJOU SOFTWARE MAKES NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THIS PRODUCT, INCLUDING WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL VOJOU SOFTWARE OR THE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST DATA ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR ANY DATA SUPPLIED THEREWITH. USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISKS.

X Font Manager uses

• 	FileIcon Plugin, © Doug Holton.
• 	Micono RbStringUtil, Copyright 1999, Micono Utilities. All rights reserved.

Apple, Macintosh, Mac OS, TrueType and QuickDraw GX are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
PostScript is a trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.