A question for the fontaholic typographic contingent…
Since I got my new Mac, running MacOS Sequoia, some of the older parts of my PostScript typeface collection don’t want to play any more.
I’ve found a converter on the App Store, but with only a single 5-star rating I’m a bit wary.
Do you have any favourite font managers/converters to recommend? I would like to be able to access all of my collection again.
Thanks!
Hi @HeatherKay
I have a friend who used Fontlabs transtype, he was satisfied with it overall but some converted fonts did not render what he expected, which is annoying for a paid software. But out of about thirty conversions he only “lost” 6. It might be worth a look.
Thanks Bruno! I’ll go and find out more about that.
Hi Heather,
Apple had issued a warning several OS versions back that PostScript for support would end at some point.
I figured I’d try to get ahead of that, so bought an app from the Apple Mac App store, FontConverter that works pretty well. I have to manually rename fonts after conversion, but they work fine in all the applications I use, mainly with Illustrator and Vectorworks (2D/3D CAD software) and business software.
They seem to display okay. I use standard fonts in my website and convert boilerplate text to outlines, so haven’t seen how they work in web design applications, or online.
For $5 it’s checking out.
Jeffrey, thank you. FontConverter was what prompted my original enquiry.
You’ve actually used it successfully, so I think I’ll download a copy and try it for myself. I’m afraid, for what I need to do, Fontlabs Transtype was a bit too expensive for someone who is basically a hobbyist designer now!
Cheers