MainType - Release History


MainType 4.0 [September 02, 2011]
  • New user interface
  • Improved performance
  • New user views
  • Quick search
  • Optimized support for large font collections
  • Easy backup and restore of your font library
  • New layout features improves usability
  • Detailed side-by-side font information
MainType 3.0 [March 31, 2010]
  • Better handling of font substitutes
  • New context menu item: Open Containing Folder
  • New filter option, Font Type: Unknown
  • Added Foundry and a Full Font Name (Postscript) columns to the Fonts pane
  • Show all Glyphs option
  • Fixed issues with PostScript Type 1 fonts on Windows x64
  • New setting for font display quality (aliased/ cleartype, etc)
  • Automatic online version checking
MainType 2.1.1 [May 16, 2007]
  • Install and uninstall fonts through double-click
MainType 2.1 [May 2, 2007]
  • Type preview text into Font pane drop-down list
  • Character zoom popup window
  • More predefined font variables
  • Use ALT-<character code> to insert characters into the Sample pane
  • Improved appearance (colors in samples and zoom pane, row striping in the list of fonts)
  • After the trial period MainType will continue to run, but in restricted mode
MainType 2.0 [July 25, 2006]
  • Enhanced print options
  • Improved font export
  • Added browse favorites
  • Search by Unicode Character codepoint
  • More Layout features improves usability
  • More font information (Unicode ranges, tables, etc.)
MainType 1.1 [February 2, 2006]
  • Added shortcut support
  • Enhanced print options
  • Improved Export Font Information to HTML
  • Added a Welcome dialog
  • Added an Update Reminder dialog
  • Improved font folder processing
MainType 1.0 [December 2, 2005]

First release of MainType. This powerful font manager for Windows offers a straightforward and easy-to-use interface to help you maintain your fonts.