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Previewing Server-Based Fonts with WEBSIWYG

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

Insider just announced WEBSIWYG™ (“WEB-zee-wig”), a powerful, font catalog and selection web application that works with FontAgent Pro Server. WEBSIWYG empowers administrators and users to view and preview fonts managed by FontAgent Pro Server without having access to the actual font file. This allows admins to protect their font assets but allows users to see what fonts are available for the without actually distributing the font file. In short, WEBSISYG is an online catalog of all the fonts in your organization’s server collection.

WEBSIWYG addresses a huge issue confronting font administrators. They want to share the information on the font server, but they don’t want to risk giving unfettered use of the font to end users, where it might violate their font license agreement or risk having the font used in an unauthorized manner.

Share font info without sharing the actual font files

WEBSIWYG allows to to share what is available on FontAgent Pro server through any web browser. Users simply log in to WEBSIWYG to browse fonts, preview them in their native typefaces, and request the ones they want with a few clicks.

Once an administrator reviews user download requests, they can check if the license allows distribution to the requesting user and give them access to the font.

WEBSIWYG can also allow users outside your organization see what fonts you have available. For example, if clients want to help select fonts to be used in their projects, they can easily view and select fonts from your collection avoiding purchasing additional font licenses.

For more information on how WEBSIWYG and FontAgent Pro Server can help you with enterprise font management and your 
other workflow challenges, contact Insider or visit www.insidersoftware.com/WEBSIWYG.

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TeamServer: Easy, Economical, Expandable Font Server

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

Been waiting for an affordable font server for your organization? Wait no longer. Insider is excited to announce FontAgent® Pro TeamServer™ 4, the easy, economical, expandable font server for agencies, departments and small businesses. The five-user edition is just $895 USD, the ten-user version is only $1295, and they both include FontAgent Pro client software for your users. And unlike other entry-level font servers, you can add users to TeamServer as you wish. Or you can upgrade FontAgent Pro Enterprise Server to take full advantage of enterprise directory services, server replication and other powerful features.

Comprehensive Font Management

Using the TeamServer and FontAgent Pro, you can control and manage fonts across your organization as you:

  • Centralize and share fonts for consistency and control
  • Install and remove fonts on user machines automatically
  • Eliminate corrupt, duplicate and mismatched fonts
  • Enforce consistent font usage across all users and projects
  • Display stunning previews and comparisons of fonts
  • Play slide shows of your fonts
  • Find fonts—locally and over the Internet—by properties or topic
  • Print font books with full color control
  • Auto-activate fonts in your favorite design applications

Easy Installation and Care

FontAgent Pro TeamServer is designed for everyone — no IT experience required!  You can install our server in as little as ten minutes and administer it from any networked Mac, and then you can:

  • Support local and remote users
  • Backup your fonts without taking your server offline
  • Manage font licenses and track their usage
  • Stop users from installing unauthorized fonts

No New Hardware Required!

FontAgent Pro TeamServer does not require dedicated server hardware and runs on a variety of Mac systems including dual G4, MacMini, Mac Pro and XServe systems.

Make Insider Part of Your Team

Been debating a font-server solution for your organization?  Take a look at how FontAgent Pro TeamServer brings consistency and control to your users and documents and projects — at a very attractive price.

Have more questions? Just ask. We can help you decide if TeamServer is right for you and we can get you up and running fast.

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Font Server Adds Live Reporting, Backup and Auto-Failover

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

We’re very proud to announce FontAgent® Pro™ Server 4, which includes live font-usage tracking, live backup, automatic failover, and enhanced directory and security services. The new capabilities increase its sizable lead as the best font server for agencies, departments and enterprises.

Real-Time Font-Usage Manager
FontAgent Pro Server 4 now tracks font distribution and usage in real-time–an industry first. It shows which users have access to libraries and fonts, and when they activate and deactivate them. You can even use your favorite scripting language to export usage data into various file formats, and then use Excel, report scripts or asset managers to analyze and report on font usage and ensure compliance with font-license agreements–and be prepared for licensing audits at any time!

Live Font Server Backup
We’ve also added live backup services to FontAgent Pro Server 4. It backs up its fonts, users and groups without locking out users… something Extensis UTS doesn’t do. Better yet, you can restore a server to a previous state with just a few clicks. The backup manager lets you set the backup times, and you can also add font-server archiving into your existing backup scripts. Another important point: you can backup your font database to any networked drive–again unlike Extensis, which seems to force backup to only local drives, a practice which at best seems dangerous.

Failover Services Add to Lead in Multi-Server Environments
FontAgent Pro clients now include failover services that allow them to automatically connect to alternative servers when their primary font server is unavailable. Used in conjunction with FontAgent Pro’s server replication, these failover services make FontAgent Pro the clear choice in multi-server environments.

Enhanced Directory Services, Security and Permissions
We’ve also added faster Active Directory, Open Directory and LDAP synchronization to FontAgent Pro Server 4, along with improved support for nested groups, standalone users, keychain-based password protection and non-standard directory schemas. You can now identify group and font administrators who can upload fonts, create users and groups, edit licenses, upload and edit sets, upload and edit font libraries, assign fonts and users to groups and view font usage information–and allow IT administrators to maintain control of the font server itself.

Kerberos Single-Sign-on Support
Using Kerberos in your organization? FontAgent Pro clients now check if users have previously logged in via Kerberos. If so, they are automatically authenticated to FontAgent Pro Server. If not, FontAgent Pro asks them to enter their username and password. It’s that easy.

For More Information
We’re excited about FontAgent Pro Server 4, and we hope you are as well. If you have questions or would like more information, just let us know. We’ll get you the Inside Scoop.

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