根據在下大概試用了一下的感想，字體衝突的問題的確在新版很容易就自動幫你解決，而且速度還是很快，比起老是在蝸牛爬的 Font Book 快上許多倍（在下字體有4000多種）。
另外最令人期待的是CS/CS2/Quark 6.5的字體自動啟用功能和支援，也就是說各位可以把Extensis Suitcase丟掉啦！
在新功能裡，最大的優點是：
1.自動管理字形，將衝突字形關閉
2.Smart Set自定字體組
3.更人性化的所見即所得操作界面，包括像Illustrator一樣直接將字體名稱轉換顯示
4.可以從網路硬碟上啟用字體，也就是說在公司網路上，只要放一套字體在server，個人的Mac不用個別灌，節省空間與方便管理
5.可相容字體格式更多，例如可辨識並啟用TrueType字體集，這點 Font Book 差很多，很多舊字體和pc字體都無法啟用
6.Universal Binary，Intel Mac也適用
【註】中文字體已經可以正常顯示了。
http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX
這是在他們網頁上的產品特色和改進說明：
FontExplorer(TM) X Change History
FontExplorer X Version 1.0 (build 1A025)
Release date: March 14, 2006
New features:
Admin-Free mode
"Contained in" Smart Set option
Optional WYSIWYG font list
Possibility to launch from a network volume
Recognition of TrueType Collection (TTC) font format
Universal Binary, compatible with Intel Macs
Updated features:
Huge font import speedup
Improved configuration import/export
Improved family view
Improved font activation regarding QuarkXPress 6.5
Improved font request preferences
Improved import behavior
Updated Help files
Updated Illustrator CS1/CS2 Plug-Ins
Updated InDesign CS1/CS2 Plug-Ins
Updated Monitoring Preferences
Updated QuarkXPress 6.5 Plug-In
Bug fixes
Fixed a bug when browsing with the arrow keys through the font list
Fixed a bug when deactivating fonts in the information window
Fixed a bug with global font requests
Fixed a bug with the font selection not being retained when switching view modes
Fixed a bug with the unicode options in the characters tab of the information window
Fixed a bug with the store links
Fixed a rare bug when scanning pdf files for contained fonts
Fixed a rare application startup crash under Mac OS X 10.3.9
Fixed many other small issues
下面是我同事轉寄給我的email:
Since its 1.0fc2 release, I have distributed this product to my current clients asking them to try it. With in weeks, all had abandoned Extensis Suitcase X1 or other font management software in favor of Linotype Font Explorer.
This is the only font manager that I have tested that correctly works with network home directories (e.g., those stored on an automounted AFP volume hosted by Mac OS X Server). For a production environment, this application is a must-have.
I have tested the application on systems ranging from an iBook (G3, 900MHz) to a Power Mac G5. The application outperforms its competition: On a Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver) [Mac OS X 10.4, Adobe CS2, 512MB RAM], the application remains stable in loading nearly 3000 typefaces, with only a brief delay during its initial load.
Most font issues can be resolved ahead of time, if you start with a clean management system in this way:
(1) Scan, repair, and organize your existing fonts (especially those old PostScript Pair fonts) using Morrison SoftDesign's FontDoctor X (7.1.1 current).
(2) Empty your (user domain) ~/Library/Fonts folder; do so for other users, too. Add your fonts to your organized collection as per the first tip. Make sure that you haven't removed or replaced any fonts in either the System domain [/System/Library/Fonts] or local (Computer/All Users) domain [/Library/Fonts]. When launching FontExplorer X for the first time, tell it "don't manage fonts" - this leaves the System and local domains alone. Then, place your organized collection in /Users/Shared and add it to the Library in Font Explorer.
(3) For server situations, place the organized font library in an automounted AFP volume for quick access to your clients.
(4) After adding your organized collection to FontExplorer, quit all applications and use its Clean Application Caches and Clean Font Caches commands from the Tools menu (authentication & reboot required).
(5) Periodically, you may have difficulty with QuarkXPress 6.5 as its font menu may not update from time to time. Repeat tip four if this happens, or simply move to InDesign.
--Gerrit DeWitt
Apple Certified System Administrator
