MainType Alternatives

MainType is described as 'professional font manager that allows you to view, manage, install and print your fonts with ease. It supports OpenType layout features, vector-based color fonts, custom tags, notes, and ratings' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MainType for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best MainType alternative is NexusFont, which is free. Other great apps like MainType are FontBase, Font Manager, Fonts.com and FontExpert.

MainType alternatives are mainly Font Library Tools but may also be Font Hosting Services. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of MainType.

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NexusFont
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Free • Proprietary
Font Library Tool
Windows
36 NexusFont alternatives
Nexus Font is a font manager for Windows. If you have many fonts and you need to choose fonts you want, this program is for you. You can compare many fonts at once and there are several useful functions to manage font files.
- - NexusFont is the most popular Windows alternative to MainType.
- - NexusFont is the most popular free alternative to MainType.
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1. PortableNexusFont can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Tagging
Font Previews
Duplicate Font Finder
OpenType Support
FontBase
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
23 FontBase alternatives
FontBase is a blazing fast, beautiful and free font manager for professional designers. All the features of a paid font manager — for free. Works with thousands of fonts on every platform.
- - FontBase is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to MainType.
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Font Activation
Nested Folders
Typography
Font Manager
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Free • Open Source
Linux
GTK+
Xfce
33 Font Manager alternatives
Font Manager is intended to provide a way for average users to easily manage desktop fonts, without having to resort to command line tools or editing configuration files by hand. While designed primarily with the Gnome Desktop Environment in mind, it should work well with other...
- - Font Manager is the most popular Open Source alternative to MainType.
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Fonts.com
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Hosting Service
Online
63 Fonts.com alternatives
The Fonts.com store offers more than 150,000 desktop and Web font products for you to preview, purchase and download. You can also learn about new typeface releases and discover typographic tips and techniques.
- - Fonts.com is the most popular Web-based alternative to MainType.
- - Fonts.com is the most popular commercial alternative to MainType.
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FontExpert
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Library Tool
Windows
25 FontExpert alternatives
FontExpert Font Manager enables you to preview and manage both installed and uninstalled typefaces, plus examine your system for font errors. You can display the list of installed font faces, customizable font samples and advanced font properties.
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FontExpert Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsFontExpert can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
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RightFont
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Library Tool
Mac
iPhone
iPad
28 RightFont alternatives
RightFont is the best font manager app for macOS, helping designers to preview, sync and manage fonts and find the right font quickly. RightFont is the new generation font management software for Mac.
- - RightFont is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to MainType.
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1001fonts
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Font Library Tool
Online
53 1001fonts alternatives
Free fonts.
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FontViewOK
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
27 FontViewOK alternatives
Compare 2 fonts (even not installed fonts) in a 2 pane comparison.
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FontViewOK Features
1. PortableFontViewOK can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Suitcase Fusion
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
QuarkXPress
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
22 Suitcase Fusion alternatives
Manage all of your fonts from one source, no matter how many you have—including your system fonts, purchased fonts, fonts synced from Adobe Typekit, Google Fonts, and more. Turn them on and off as you need.
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Duplicate Font Finder
Font Activation
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Font Finder
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Free • Proprietary
Font Library Tool
Online
Google Chrome
Opera
Firefox
18 Font Finder alternatives
FontFinder is created for designers, developers and typographers. It allows a user to analyze the font information of any element on a page, copy any piece(s) of that information to the clipboard, and perform inline replacements to test new layouts.
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Fontcase - Manage Your Type
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Free • Open Source
Font Library Tool
iPhone
iPad
36 Fontcase - Manage Your Type alternatives
1. Import fonts from your iCloud Drive or Dropbox and add them to your collection of favorites.
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CufonFonts
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Free • Proprietary
Font Library Tool
Online
36 CufonFonts alternatives
At Cufonfonts.com, you can download thousands of fonts for free and use them with WebFont support on your website.
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NexusFont Features

FontBase Features

Font Manager Features

Fonts.com Features

FontExpert Features

FontViewOK Features

Suitcase Fusion Features