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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

Easy to find the right font and searching is very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

With a large collection of fonts, it still takes up to one minute or more to get my entire list of fonts to show. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Trying to find fonts on several different drives and computers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Extensis Connect Overview

What is Extensis Connect?

Extensis Connect ensures teams of all sizes can find, manage, and utilize the fonts and other creative assets they need to collaborate and deliver final projects quickly and accurately. Connect adds a layer of security and reporting to creative operations through permission controls; font license management; single sign-on; font usage, license compliance, and team utilization & activity reports; and support. Built on the reliable foundations of industry-leading font managers Suitcase Fusion and Universal Type Server, Connect is the cornerstone of an evolving Creative Intelligence Suite that integrates with the Adobe Creative Cloud and other popular design applications. Connect simplifies and secures the management of fonts, font licenses, and the creative assets teams count on every day to deliver projects to stakeholders as promised, with fewer surprises, and profit margins intact.

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Extensis Connect ensures teams of all sizes can find, manage, and utilize the fonts and other creative assets they need to collaborate and deliver final projects quickly and accurately. Connect adds a layer of security and reporting to creative operations through permission controls; font license management; single sign-on; font usage, license compliance reporting, team utilization & activity reports; and support. Built on the reliable foundations of industry-leading font managers Suitcase Fusion and Universal Type Server, Connect is the cornerstone of an evolving Creative Intelligence Suite that integrates with the Adobe Creative Cloud and other popular design applications. Connect simplifies and secures the management of fonts, font licenses, and the creative assets teams count on every day to deliver projects to stakeholders as promised, with fewer surprises, and profit margins intact.


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Extensis
Year Founded
1993
HQ Location
Portland, OR
Twitter
@extensis
5,438 Twitter followers
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106 employees on LinkedIn®
Phone
800-796-9798

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Recent Extensis Connect Reviews

HM
Haniel M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Connect Fonts – a must have for any designer"
The ability to share fonts with an entire team, so they are always at your fingertips – meaning no more wasted time searching for that font you need.
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
1.0 out of 5
"A decline in quality"
Extensis has been key in my workflow since college. Its been easy to use, and straight forward.
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Connect Fonts - Quite a GOOD font management system"
Fonts are accessible from anywhere via the app. Easy to set-up account and use app on a daily basis.
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Extensis Connect Media

Extensis Connect Demo - Design Team Font Library
Find and manage all your fonts, regardless of foundry, in one place.
Extensis Connect Demo - Font Autoactivation
Connect auto-activates the right fonts at the right time, with unparalleled accuracy.
Extensis Connect Demo - Creative Asset Management
Manage all of your creative assets - including fonts, images, logos and digital files - from one central location.
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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

The flexibility I have to set up my fonts the way that works best for me. Cloud based gives me peace of mind. Being able to help others within the company navigate and setting up custom folders for our clients. I use Connect Fonts everyday. As a graphic/production artist I like the visual display of the fonts as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

Honestly I haven't found anything I don't like about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Currently everyone is trying to figure out what to do with all of their PostScript fonts. Connect Fonts makes it easy to look for alternatives to PS with TT and OTT fonts that match. Just by searching and sorting by type Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

Suitcase Fusion allows you to gather all the fonts you need for a project(s) in one place without needing to be connected to its source. Previous versions of the software and other products prompt you to link to where the font resides on your computer/server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

Sometimes the adobe auto-activation plugins do not activate fonts in a given app. A restart of the app is required to get it to work. An easier way to transfer/export fonts from one vault to another would be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Extensis Connect:

If you are working with Adobe Creative Cloud apps (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Suitcase Fusion is necessary for any design project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managing fonts for numerous print and digital projects for a graphic design agency greatly benefit our design workflow. Suitcase Fusion allows our users to access our agency font library easily and manages fonts according to the projects/clients we serve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

Extensis has been key in my workflow since college. Its been easy to use, and straight forward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

Over the years Extensis has been slow in innovation, the software has become slower and unnecesarily complicated. Their website platform is terrible, unintuitive, confusing, unorganized, and impossible to navigate. Their support has been some of the worst I've had to deal with over these last few years, with them making it very dificult for using to solve problems. Their pricepoint has become too expensive for too little innovation and highly bloated software. I absolutely do not recommed extensis or any of their platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

It isn't longer solving or benefiting my workflow. The software is very slow, cumbersome and their website platform is unintelligible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cathy F.
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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

Allows me to have thousands of fonts without bogging down my system. Keeps corrupted fonts from causing issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

Occasionally I have issues with auto-activation, but that's usually caused by the design software and not Connect Fonts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allows me to have literally thousands of fonts at my fingertips without bogging down my system. As a designer, having those fonts easily accessible is essential. It also allows me to have sets of fonts for each project so I don't have to search for fonts. Auto activation is very useful when making changes to existing documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Asad H.
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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

Connect font is a best connection for fonts. It is easier way to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

Just want to add that Connect Fonts is the best tool to handle the Fonts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

my daily routine jobs are using lots of fonts and through Connect Fonts I can easily switch fonts from one to another. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

The fact that fonts are 'auto-activated' whenever they're required. Fonts are easy to search and find and also the integration of other fonts such as Adobe fonts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

Nothing as yet. I guess it could be easier to control and add users, licences and passwords etc. Currently I have to login as each user to change their passwords. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Connect Fonts makes it easy to keep all our company fonts in one place and allow each individual user to have access to them rather than having fonts floating about all over the place and not being able to keep track of them or who has them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

Fonts are accessible from anywhere via the app. Easy to set-up account and use app on a daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

Searching fonts by font style would be a value added feature. Seeking by name is fine, but the font style is sometimes more important. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Managment of thousands of fonts for style explorations but, primarily yo maange colletions for client specific uses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michelle V.
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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

I love how I can easy organize my fonts into categories for all of my projects. And it is so helpful that the fonts auto activate in Adobe. Saves me so much time! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

My only gripe would be that sometimes the software updates between Adobe and Connect Fonts is not in sync, making the auto activation plugins not work for a while. It can be come super annoying Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solves all if my font organization issues. Makes selecting a font much more manageable especially when you have hundreds of fonts to choose from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MD
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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

I love that whenever I open a document on any of my devices all of the fonts just load flawlessly. The font preview feature is a great way to see what my text will look like in that font before I fully commit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

I seem to have to clear the font cache often on my system or my apps get glitchy.

I think the price is a bit high for the features it offers. I'd rather pay for a license and be able to use it as long as I want without upgrading. It seems a waste to have the latest font software on a system running an old OS, for me, at least. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

I do not need to have all of my fonts installed on all of my devices. This is a huge convenenience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JS
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What do you like best about Extensis Connect?

It allows me to have all my sources available without saturating my equipment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Extensis Connect?

Ease of use, previewing the functions, the possibility of classifying them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Extensis Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's my source store for my work as a graphic designer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.