Use Groups, Tags and powerful search filters to slice your library by project, client, foundry, rating or any custom keyword. Unlike the basic Windows Fonts folder, MainType lets you load or unload entire groups with one click—keeping active fonts lean and your creative workflow fast.

Yes. MainType is fully tested on Windows 11 and scales crisply on high-DPI or 4K displays—an essential detail for pixel-perfect font management.

MainType is a Windows-only font manager. You can run it on Windows 11, 10, 8 or 7; macOS users would need a virtual machine such as Parallels running Windows to use MainType.

Absolutely. The MainType free edition never expires, manages up to 2,500 fonts, and includes core viewing, installing and uninstalling features on Windows. Upgrade to Standard or Professional editions for unlimited libraries, automatic tagging, font registry repair and other power-user tools.

Yes. MainType is the most complete Windows-native font manager for variable fonts. Since version 11 it supports live axis sliders, rich OpenType previews, named-instance browsing, kerning and stylistic-set tests—all available even in the free edition. Competing Windows font management tools may recognise variable fonts, but none match MainType’s full slider-based inspection and library filters.

MainType comes with two complementary browsing modes: Details view keeps the classic column list with exhaustive metadata (family, style, foundry, tags, activation status, etc.) for precise font management, while the new Grid view turns that list into a gallery of large thumbnails so you can judge letterforms at a glance; a single toolbar icon or View → Grid/Details toggles between them.

Auto-activation plug-ins for legacy Adobe apps (e.g., InDesign CC 2017/2018) were discontinued. Today the recommended workflow is to install required fonts from MainType before opening a document; once installed, the fonts appear instantly in Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign without restarting.

At present the user manual is only in English, although the MainType interface itself is translated into several languages.