Extensis Font Reserve 1.7 Server FRS-19870 User Manual

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Creative communities face many problems managing fonts in 

their workflows. The design, print and publishing industries 

all face the challenges of using the right font at the right time, 

maintaining font license compliance, and controlling the 

introduction of rogue fonts into a professional environment. 

Font Reserve Server is a centralized font repository that helps 

solve these problems, allowing users and administrators to 

breathe easier. 

Every systems administrator in a publishing environment is 

well aware of the workflow, technical, and legal challenges 

involved in managing fonts for workgroups. 

Take a look at an advertising agency: Each graphic designer 

might have anywhere from hundreds to thousands of fonts 

on their own machine and each production person needs 

access to all the fonts used in all the jobs. As a document 

moves through the editorial, design, and production phases, 

it’s imperative that the appropriate fonts are used every step 

along the way. If one client’s job uses Helvetica Neue by Agfa-

Monotype and another uses Helvetica Neue by Linotype, it’s 

essential that the fonts aren’t confused. As soon as any user 

notices different fonts in use—whether because line breaks 

differ, fonts are substituted, or text is cut off—work on the 

document stops until the source of the problem is found. And 

finding the source of the problem may involve reviewing fonts 

on machines throughout the company, which may take hours.