Central font manager

Questions
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hi all,

i know you can download the clients for mac windows linux but is there a central font manager you can install ?

thanks,
rob

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Hello Rob, thank you for your post and welcome to the forum :pray:
What do you mean by central in general?

Thank you again,

3

hi @yuriy basically i want all clients to access fonts from a central storage location ie on a share server so they all can have the same fonts to use

4

Thank you for the quick reply @robertkwild :pray:
Placing the Root folder on a network drive should do the trick, but the convenience will depend heavily on the system setup and network uptime. Some things related to this are also mentioned in our FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions — FontBase Tutorials

Thank you again,

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thanks @yuriy i should had mentioned were going to install the client on about 20+ machines and then on the client change the “root folder” as you mentioned to the network share, will this work

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It should work with that setup, yes :pray:

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thanks @yuriy so am i right in thinking you save all your fonts to the “root folder” so it holds a massive catalogue of fonts and clients can then download save them to there system font folder ie C:\Windows\Fonts or mac linux equivalant

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If clients have the ability to reach a network location and download font into their respective system fonts folders, thereby effectively installing it, then there should be no problem whatsoever :pray: Is that correct?

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You could always use a system such as Nextcloud or something similar to host your fonts and then any font they access will be on the system. While very similar to a network location, it does have the benefit of keeping a copy of the files you access available offline.

Just thought I would throw this out there as it is what I do. :+1:

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