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Font management heavyweight Extensis will release a new product next week that it says will bring font management into the modern era. As non-designers, we're interested in the steps this niche product is taking that are similar to emerging industry wide trends.

The makers of the popular Suitcase font manager are now combining that product's user friendly front end with acquired technology to power the back end IT control. The Extensis Universal Type Server will offer Mac and Windows server software, a web interface for administration, offline access to shared fonts and granular user groups and control.