OSX comes with an app like this called FontBook but it really doesn’t have the power to deal with as many fonts as pro designers use. For instance if you tried to load the whole Adobe font collection in FontBook it would probably crash your system. With FontExplorer you can scroll through live previews of all the fonts in seconds.

This is a very stable app which is as easy (maybe easier) to use as iTunes. Gone are the days of crashing Suitcase and all the other hassles associated with it. Life got easier when this app came around. I really owe the programmers a beer or something…oh wait, that’s what the built in font store is for. Genius. The way a company should be run.

Say for instance you design business cards. Each company may use different fonts on their cards, you really don’t want all those fonts activated on your computer all the time. Programs like Font Explorer make it real easy turn turn fonts off and on without having to delete them. Overall it gives you more control over the entire font process.

It’s safe to say for most casual users who mainly surf the net and listen to music that fonts won’t really be a big issue. But if find yourself getting into design or type setting you’ll definitely want to look up a good program like this one.

Would I be right in guessing that this is mostly for business type users? In other words, if you don’t already know what you’d use it for, then you don’t need it… sort of thing.