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Font Finagler for Mac

Fix garbled text font corruption.

$22.50
In English
Version 2.0.1
4.0
Based on 5 user rates

Font Finagler overview

Font Finagler can help troubleshoot misbehaving fonts.

If you're having problems on your system with text appearing "garbled" as in the sample image above, it could be caused by corrupt font cache files. What appears to be happening is that incorrect or corrupted encoding vector information is being used when mapping the character codes as input by your keyboard to the glyphs they represent in the problematic font. You can run Font Cache Cleaner to purge these cache files in an attempt to restore normal behavior. If you use Font Cache Cleaner but the problem remains, then it could be caused by a font conflict or by a corrupt font. Try removing fonts to isolate the problematic fonts that are causing this behavior.

What’s new in version 2.0.1

  • Adds support for macOS 13 (Ventura).

Font Finagler for Mac

$22.50
In English
Version 2.0.1
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4.0

(14 Reviews of Font Finagler)

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John-Sawyer-CJS
John-Sawyer-CJS
Apr 11 2008
1.0
0.0
Apr 11 2008
0.0
Version: 1.0
Time for the references to this utility's old name, "Font Cache Cleaner", to be changed to its current name, "Font Finager", in the product description above.
GymW
GymW
Sep 15 2007
0.5.3
0.0
Sep 15 2007
0.0
Version: 0.5.3
Sorry, but I don't understand how this can be shareware, when they are other programs such as Linotype Font Explorer that do what this reports to do, along with other features such as total font management, finding duplicates, etc., and are free. Am I missing something here, such as repairing damaged fonts. That would be worth a shareware price.
MichaelHaeusler
MichaelHaeusler
Oct 18 2006
0.5.3
2.8
Oct 18 2006
2.8
Version: 0.5.3
Messed up my whole system on MacOS 10.4.8. Suddenly all websites were displayed badly, wrong font sizes, bold and italic missing etc.. The Apple Mail GUI was completely warped out of proportion, here also: wrong font sizes etc.. Then I used the font cache cleaner in TinkerTool System v1.6, and everything was okay again. So it seems that the current version of Font Finagler (0.5.3) is not suitable for the latest MacOS version. Definitely needs an update.
Guest
Guest
Aug 31 2005
0.5.3
0.0
Aug 31 2005
0.0
Version: 0.5.3
Outstanding software. Fixed all the font issues which had been plaguing me for months! $10 is a bargain!
Guest
Guest
May 12 2005
0.5.3
3.0
May 12 2005
3.0
Version: 0.5.3
or see: http://images.apple.com/pro/pdf/L303878B_Font_TT_v4.pdf which describes the font architecture of OSX and includes much useful information, including font caches and other potential problem spots.
MichaelHaeusler
MichaelHaeusler
Oct 18 2006
2.8
Oct 18 2006
2.8
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Aug 31 2005
4.5
Aug 31 2005
4.5
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Mar 26 2005
3.0
Mar 26 2005
3.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jul 29 2004
5.0
Jul 29 2004
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
May 20 2004
5.0
May 20 2004
5.0
Version: null