![]() Overall, the few benefits this program has (font previewing, organization, free) aren't worth all the lost time in lag and performance. Being able to preview fonts and organize them is helpful when I'm trying to choose the right one for a project, but even using FontBase just for this purpose causes my entire system to lag. Since I stopped using FontBase, I've had zero problems loading these fonts. And many times, fonts that I turned on in FontBase would not appear at all in Illustrator or InDesign, requiring several rounds of restarting those apps or deleting preference files. I was trying to speed up the programs I need these fonts for by disabling the ones I don't need, but FontBase is just as slow to load, if not slower, than having all the fonts enabled at all times. For starters, there's an incredible lag on the program. ![]() I started using it to save on load times and only use the fonts I needed but it just ended up causing more problems. I'd hoped FontBase would be it, but apparently not. It's tough to find a decent free font manager for Mac. Sandboxing FontBase If you want to restrict what FontBase can do on your system, you can run the AppImage in a sandbox like Firejail. AppImage Then double-click the AppImage in the file manager to open it. Slow, unresponsive, and causes problems with my Adobe apps Download the FontBase AppImage and make it executable using your file manager or by entering the following commands in a terminal: chmod +x. It has clearly not been solved as you can see on the many comments below the issue and posts like this reoccuring.
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