Today we released new font auto-activation plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop CS5 and CS4 for Suitcase Fusion™ 3. The plug-ins automatically activate the exact fonts required for each file using the patented Font Sense™ technology to create a unique fingerprint for each font. We understand that Photoshop is a core part of man

Please join us for a one-day training conference in Boston for creative professionals working with Adobe® Dreamweaver®. We’ll be featuring WebINK and showing how using real fonts brings new creative freedom to the Web. Join us for a web font presentation over lunch to see the latest in font management technology for all

A keyword list is a series of words or phrases used in a digital asset management (DAM) system to organize metadata tags and simplify file searches. Extensis has created a keyword list of terms inspired from our experience with graphic design and marketing communications workflows. The list could also be used for PR, advert

I’m happy to announce that Extensis Universal Type Server 2 has been selected as one of the very best print publishing products by Mac User’s editorial team. It’s now in the running for Print Publishing Product of the Year, and we’d like your vote to obtain product of the year. Voting for the product

At the beginning of September, Thomas Phinney, Extensis Product Manager for Fonts and Typography will be speaking at the ATypI conference in Dublin, Ireland. The Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) is the global forum and focal point for the type community and business, and this is the annual ATypI conference.

Always wanted to check out the newest web font technology, but aren’t quite sure how to take the plunge? On Tuesday, August 24th, I’ll be holding a webcast to show you how to get up and running quickly with modern web fonts from WebINK. I’ll go over the selection of web fonts, setting up an [...]

In the fast paced world of design, keeping your design tools current and compatible is important. That’s why our powerful single-user font manager Suitcase Fusion 3 is now fully compatible with the most current design applications in Adobe CS5. Whether you spend all of your time laying out projects in InDesign, or cre

Making Faces is a film about the creation of metal type in the 21st century will be screened at the upcoming Typecon event in Los Angeles. It features the metal typography work of the late Jim Rimmer and is for all who love their typography on the heavy side, the heavy metal side that is! [...]

Our Product Manager for Fonts and Typography, Thomas Phinney will be in Los Angeles this week at one of the most influential conferences on typography and fonts, Typecon. He is participating in a couple of events while there, we hope that you get a chance to see him. Friday, August 20th, 5:15 p.m. – Web [...]

Need to know more about Adobe InDesign as well as beef up your font management skills? We’re partnering with MOGO Media for a one day training seminar in Los Angeles. Join us for a font management presentation over lunch where will be showing you the latest in font management technology in Suitcase Fusion 3. We’ll [

Do you ever need to create a quick sample of how some text will look in a typeface? For example, if you have a client who is trying to decide which font she would like to use in her updated company logo, or on her new website? Sending off the fonts to your client isn’t [...]

The latest endeavour from Richard Kegler of P22 has been creation of the nearly-completed documentary “Making Faces” about the metal type design process of Jim Rimmer (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bcs-jim-rimmer-kept-the-art-of-printing-alive/article1547577/), one of the last people still making metal ty

We had two big pieces of news last week, the updated version of Suitcase Fusion as well as the release of our new web font service WebINK. Well, we’ve decided to make the deal even sweeter. When you purchase or upgrade your copy of Suitcase Fusion 3 between now and the end of the year, [...]

Want to see all of the new features in Suitcase Fusion 3 in action? Next week I’ll be showing off the new features in Suitcase Fusion 3, and showing how they can help make your creative workflow more efficient. Webcast details: August 12th, 2010 11:00 AM (Pacific) / 2:00 PM (Eastern) Register for the Webcast [...]

Just a quick to mention that we’ve updated how WebINK handles the web font format required for iPhone and iPad support. We’ve made implementing web fonts for these devices much simpler. If you are one of our pre-launch Beta testers, and took the extra step to enable SVG support, you will need to simplify your [.

Today we’re happy to announce that our new web font rental service, WebINK (www.webink.com) is now fully available. Web design has been stuck for over a decade with just a few “standard” fonts. WebINK allows you to break out of these constrictive and outdated web design standards. WebINK helps you set a ne

Today we released Suitcase Fusion™ 3, the newest version of our professional-grade font manager for Macintosh® and Windows®. Suitcase Fusion enables you to browse, preview, select and manage fonts wherever they may be required – from the desktop to the web. Features of Suitcase Fusion 3Seamless integration with Adobe�

We’re partnering with MOGO Media for the one-day training conference in New York for creative professionals working with Adobe® Dreamweaver®. Join us for a font management presentation over lunch where will be bringing you the latest in font management technology for all of your web design needs. We’ll be featuring

We’re partnering with MOGO Media for the one-day training conference in New York for creative professionals working with Adobe® Dreamweaver®. Join us for a font management presentation over lunch where will be bringing you the latest in font management technology for all of your web design needs. We’ll be featuring

For anyone on the receiving end of a very odd package from Extensis- no, that’s not a rat in that box. It’s a mullet. You know- some hair for your (styrofoam*) head. Our friends in the press received these 2 pieces separately and this week we see the mullets are arriving because we’re getting a lot [...]

So… we did a quirky press mailing last week- and now we need your help. Lance Ulanoff- a cool dude who runs the show at PCMag.com- received the mailing and said ‘Ain’t gonna do it’ (yes, it is a mullet wig). But then he tweeted a change of heart. So, we are launching the “Show Us Your Mullet

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What’s that saying about “All work and no play…”? Well, we kinda take that to heart around here at Extensis. We work really hard to create quality software, so occasionally it’s nice to get away from all of the meetings and late nights in front of the computer and do something fun as a group. T

Nick Shinn is a talented British emigre who has lived in Toronto, Canada since 1976. His typefaces are a fixture of the typographic scene, and include custom designs for the Toronto Globe & Mail and Maclean’s magazine, two of Canada’s best-known publications. WebINK is this week adding fifty of Nick’s

Some time later this week we’ll be putting several hundred new fonts live on our WebINK font service, so for the next few days I thought I’d highlight the new (to WebINK) type foundries whose fonts are being added. One of the great things about working professionally in the type industry is some of the passionate [...]

We’re throwing another cocktail party, and you’re invited! This July, we’ll be hosting a party to kick off the web design conference An Event Apart. It’s a great conference where you can learn a ton about new CSS techniques, and gain inspiration for your creative work. If you’re attending the conference, or are an

The whole team here at Extensis is very excited that today we have formally declared beta for WebINK, our web font subscription service. WebINK allows you to use a wide selection of real fonts on your web site. You’ve been able to explore the font selection online for quite a while, but today we dramatically expanded

I’m proud to announce that today we officially entered Beta testing for our new WebINK web font service. So, you ask, “What’s so cool about WebINK, and why should I check it out for myself?” If you’ve got a website, WebINK will totally change the way you design for the web. It’s been said

Universal Type Client Today we released an updated version of the Universal Type Client for Mac that includes new auto-activation plug-ins for Adobe InDesign and Illustrator CS5. This is a free update for all Universal Type Server users. Download the update (v2.1.2) here. We are also developing a Windows version of the Univ