![]() The cost of the product listed below is for new purchasers. In my tests, everything worked as expected without glitches. Other enhancements include (to name but a few) better font corruption checks and repair speedier auto activation for Adobe InDesign and Illustrator CS2/3/4, plus QuarkXPress 7 and 8 and cross-platform backup of the server database. An admin user can see exactly who’s adding fonts to the workgroups and remove them if necessary. Once set up, it will limit the number of users that can activate a font based on the font license restrictions, plus one can generate reports of usage, which can be exported to a tab-delimited file. That way, a company doesn’t have to over purchase client licenses, but can maintain a number of floating licenses for occasional use.įont compliance is easy to set up, albeit a tedious process. The client software can be installed on as many computers as one wishes-the server will automatically limit the users to the number the license allows. The client interface looks very similar to Extensis Suitcase Fusion, so it should be comfortable to users switching from Suitcase to UTS. If the user attempts to bypass UTS by adding problem fonts directly into the computer’s font folder(s), an administrator can turn on Enforce System Font Policy, which limits what fonts can be added and will remove unapproved fonts automatically. Users can have their own personal workgroup to add fonts without those fonts being available to all users, plus these workgroups can be stored on the server so they’re available at any computer the user logs into or on a single computer. Users can be assigned to multiple workgroups with different roles (permissions) per group, such as the ability to add fonts to the server in one workgroup but not another. Just like the first version, Workgroups, Roles, and Users are set up in the admin window. Since the administration is browser-based, it can occur from any system. Once the server install is complete, the default Web browser opens to the Web-based admin interface. Installation of the server and the client software was very easy. Version 2 originally only supported Microsoft SQL Server, but version 2.1 added support for the popular MySQL, which is cross-platform. However, this module is optional and costs $4,235, so this would be mainly of interest to companies with a large user base. The main advantage is an increase in speed and response time by offloading some of the work from UTS. The good news is this module was originally included free for a limited time in version 2, but is now a permanent part of version 2.1.Īnother major new feature is the ability to use an external SQL database to manage the font, workgroup, and user data rather than using the built-in UTS database. This is more convenient than simply importing the information, since new users and changes are updated automatically. The biggest new feature is the Directory Integration Module, which allows the continual one-way synchronization from Microsoft’s Active Directory or Apple’s Open Directory. While both the Pro and Lite versions have had general speed enhancements and the obligatory bug fixes, most of the major new features affect the Pro version. FONT MANAGEMENT GETS BETTER, STRONGER, AND FASTERĪ year ago this past June, Extensis released version 1 of Universal Type Server (UTS)-and now version 2 is hot on its heels with some nice new features that are going to be of special interest to larger companies with many users.
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