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Font Manager helps Linux desktop users inspect and organize typefaces without editing font configuration by hand. It provides a graphical approach to comparing fonts and controlling the collection available to other applications.
Linux users maintaining a desktop font collection
Designed for GTK desktop environments. It is not a professional font production suite.
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Font Manager is available as free, open-source software. You supply the hardware, storage and any separately licensed content required for the workflow.
Free GPL application for Linux/GTK desktops; font files retain their own licenses.
Free GPL application for Linux/GTK desktops; font files retain their own licenses.
Graphical previews reduce command-line font administration.
Side-by-side inspection helps narrow a typeface choice.
Designed for GTK desktop environments
It is not a professional font production suite
Preview a candidate font using the actual text and characters your project needs. Group related families and remove unnecessary duplicates before installing more files.
Check the font license separately, and restart applications when needed so they recognize changes to the available typefaces. No. It manages and previews existing desktop fonts rather than designing glyph outlines. That is its stated purpose: giving everyday users graphical font management controls.
Font Manager is available as free, open-source software. You supply the hardware, storage and any separately licensed content required for the workflow.
No. It manages and previews existing desktop fonts rather than designing glyph outlines.
That is its stated purpose: giving everyday users graphical font management controls.
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