--- title: Font Book Reviews meta_title: 'Font Book Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 153 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Font Book works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.4 review_count: 153 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-09' parent_category: name: Design url: https://www.g2.com/categories/design --- # Font Book Reviews **Vendor:** Apple **Category:** [Font Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/font-management) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 153 ## About Font Book Font Book, Mac's main app for working with typeface allows to create font libraries, install as well as remove fonts, as well as inspect and verify the fonts installed on your Mac. ## Font Book Reviews ### 1. Useful default tool, but not ideal for professionals or teams **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Haniel M. | Graphic Design Team Leader, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2023 **What do you like best about Font Book?** The best thing about Font Book is the ability to enable and disable fonts and not have them turned on all the time, saving precious system resource. What's even better is that Font Book comes on every Mac giving all Mac users this control (unlike other well known operating systems). **What do you dislike about Font Book?** No ability to share fonts amongst users, which is a pain when you have large teams. **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** Though I use more professional software these days (Extensis Connect Fonts), in the past I used Font Book to load new fonts and control what fonts are active at any particular time. ### 2. Generic font explorer **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jamus M. | Freelance Graphic Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2021 **What do you like best about Font Book?** The best thing about Font Book is that it is a free program to organize and install fonts that have been downloaded. I like that it is simple with no bells or whistles. You don't even need to open it for the most part. You just double click the font that you intend to install and it will pretty much do the rest of the work for you. **What do you dislike about Font Book?** Font book is simple, but it has limited options. It has no capability of managing or installing fonts from online sources, and I find that the multiple copy detection isn't really that helpful. It doesn't have the greatest UX. It can get a little crazy if you try to install multiple fonts at once. Meaning, a hundred tiny windows might instantly pop up, and put you in the position to click install manually on each of them ( depending on the type of font file format you are using. **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use a font book to install and organize fonts that have been downloaded from various type-foundries. It's most useful for fonts that aren't available from online sources like adobe fonts as part of the adobe creative cloud, for fonts that I need to send off to print, or for fonts that aren't for digital means, like web applications. ### 3. I think it's alright, mostly easy to understand **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jessie M. | Voice Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 29, 2021 **What do you like best about Font Book?** It is an easy way to see the different kinds of fonts that you have, and it's easy to add to and organize. **What do you dislike about Font Book?** I don't always understand everything in there, but to be fair I'm not an expert either. I also wish that there was an option to have the font list display in their actual fonts when scrolling through them. **Recommendations to others considering Font Book:** Try out new fonts and have fun! **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** I didn't realize how many fonts that I don't use that can be downloaded from Font Book. I can be more creative and have more fun with my resume and other digital creations. ### 4. Font Book - Does the Job **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cassandra K. | Educator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 10, 2021 **What do you like best about Font Book?** I like that it contains all my fonts in one spot. That makes it easy to see what I have and what types or styles I may be missing. It also has a lot of room for storage so I don't need to worry about going overboard. **What do you dislike about Font Book?** There isn't too much that I openly dislike about it. However, I think it could be re-designed to have a more aesthetic appeal. It seems to be very standard and a little boring. **Recommendations to others considering Font Book:** I would recommend other people use it, even if it's just to keep you organized. **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm creating way more interesting visuals by having access to more fonts. It makes designing my virtual projects a lot more fun! I appreciate that I can keep all my fonts organized. ### 5. Necessary To Use Sometimes But Clunky **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021 **What do you like best about Font Book?** I like the ability to batch turn on and off fonts by grouping them by categories. It makes it easier to have the right fonts accessible for the type of project you're creating. **What do you dislike about Font Book?** It's fairly resource-intensive for some reason. Whenever I use Font Book, my computer fans start running and the computer sounds like it's about to take off; also, my other programs slow down. Also, with Adobe CC Fonts, it is making Font Book a little less relevant since most fonts are now activated through Adobe and not stored locally on the computer. **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** Font management, especially when you have hundreds or even thousands of typefaces to organize, can be very tricky. The ability to group and categorize is very necessary for a designer. ### 6. Easy to add fonts **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sam D. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 31, 2021 **What do you like best about Font Book?** Font Book makes it easy to add fonts without skipping a beat since it's already on my computer. **What do you dislike about Font Book?** Sometimes it can be difficult to find fonts previously added. **Recommendations to others considering Font Book:** The design of Font Book could be improved to add grouping of specific/similar font types. Organization can be difficult. **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Font Book to add and organize fonts that I use in Adobe products. ### 7. Simple Font Explorer **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2021 **What do you like best about Font Book?** Font Book is a free program to organize and install fonts that you have downloaded off the internet or have a previous archive or fonts in your database. The best part about it is the simple and basic program. You activate which font you want and leave it on. **What do you dislike about Font Book?** If you are downloading multiple fonts families in one go, it may be tedious and slow to get everything set up. Another weak design of Font Book is that it doesn't tell you where the fonts are saved or located on your machine. If you need to back up your fonts, you will have to search for them in your finder window instead. **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** Working in an environment with both PC and Mac computers, sometimes I need to access fonts on a server. We do not have simultaneous compatibility for both operating systems, so Font Book serves as a quick application to install fonts when we use Mac computers. It's easy and fast when you are using it to access the few fonts you need, but that's the limit of my usage. ### 8. Organizes my Fonts Well! **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2021 **What do you like best about Font Book?** All fonts in one place. Easy to reference when I need to **What do you dislike about Font Book?** Can get a little overwhelming at times if you have too many fonts. **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** Looking up my fonts. Because its ABC order, a specific font can be easy to find. ### 9. Organized and clean ay to manage my fonts **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2021 **What do you like best about Font Book?** I like that I can easily see all my fonts and that it has the same experience as Finder. **What do you dislike about Font Book?** I wish there were more view options of the fonts so I could organize them myself. **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding fonts that I need for projects or that I need to find from past projects. ### 10. Easily integrated into computer software **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2021 **What do you like best about Font Book?** Easy to use, didn't have to download onto my Macbook **What do you dislike about Font Book?** There isn't much I dislike, it's very simple. **What problems is Font Book solving and how is that benefiting you?** Downloading, saving, using fonts. ## Font Book Discussions - [Is there a way to preview each font listed in its actual font?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-there-a-way-to-preview-each-font-listed-in-its-actual-font) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Is FontBook any good?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-fontbook-any-good) - 1 comment - [View Font Book pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/font-book/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=3§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-14+03%3A18%3A48+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=b1e926bb-f24b-4934-94f0-8e849f224c55&secure%5Btoken%5D=48a98af5671eea038aafbe73314d8ecc45260a827ddb13c98b8d3fa051889d57&format=llm_user) ## Font Book Features **Activation** - Font installer - Font activation - Drag and drop upload **Usage** - Font editor - Font sync - Preview - Regulation **Organization** - Platform search - Categorization - Duplicate detection - Corruption detection ## Top Font Book Alternatives - [FontBase](https://www.g2.com/products/fontbase/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (46 reviews) - [Extensis Connect](https://www.g2.com/products/extensis-extensis-connect/reviews) - 4.1/5.0 (77 reviews) - [RightFont](https://www.g2.com/products/rightfont/reviews) - 3.6/5.0 (13 reviews)