Audience
Graphic artists, typographers, and users seeking a solution to view and manage all their fonts
About MainType
MainType is a powerful but easy-to-use font manager and font viewer for Windows, that takes the frustration out of managing your fonts. It is packed with tons of intuitive features that make it simple to find, preview, organize, install, and print your fonts. It fully supports variable fonts and OpenType layout features. MainType is designed for graphic artists, typographers, and other power users who demand high-end functionality such as network support, advanced categorizing, and complex searching capabilities. MainType provides immediate system-wide font synchronization, with no need to refresh font lists or reboot the computer after installing fonts. Unlike most other font managers, MainType runs without administrator credentials. This eliminates the frustrating elevation prompt when managing your fonts. Easily navigate through Unicode blocks, copy characters to the clipboard, or sample panel or directly insert them from the font manager into background applications.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$49 one-time payment
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Company Information
High-Logic
Netherlands
www.high-logic.com/font-manager/maintype
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Windows
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