Monotype Connect Reviews & Product Details

Extensis Connect is easy to use for installing fonts temporarily or permanently, and you can also deactivate them when you don’t need them. At the bottom, it shows the font type, which makes it easier to install the exact font you need for your work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There’s not much else to say, except that most of the time it doesn’t sync or refresh properly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The auto-activation plugins are reliable and simplify cross-project font management, ensuring fonts are activated precisely when they are needed across my entire design environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The service is highly unreliable due to its lack of offline functionality. If Extensis/Cloudflare servers go down, the product is unusable, severely disrupting workflow.

Crucially, despite being a cloud service, there is no customer backup facility. The subscription model is misleading because the company fails to clearly state that the customer is solely responsible for all data backups. The documentation provided for self-backup is extremely poor, outdated, and required weeks of customer pressure (my own effort) to force the company to acknowledge and partially update. This lack of transparency is unacceptable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The flexibility I have to set up my fonts the way that works best for me. Cloud based gives me peace of mind. Being able to help others within the company navigate and setting up custom folders for our clients. I use Connect Fonts everyday. As a graphic/production artist I like the visual display of the fonts as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly I haven't found anything I don't like about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Suitcase Fusion allows you to gather all the fonts you need for a project(s) in one place without needing to be connected to its source. Previous versions of the software and other products prompt you to link to where the font resides on your computer/server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the adobe auto-activation plugins do not activate fonts in a given app. A restart of the app is required to get it to work. An easier way to transfer/export fonts from one vault to another would be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Extensis has been key in my workflow since college. Its been easy to use, and straight forward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Over the years Extensis has been slow in innovation, the software has become slower and unnecessarily complicated. Their website platform is terrible, unintuitive, confusing, unorganized, and impossible to navigate. Their support has been some of the worst I've had to deal with over these last few years, with them making it very difficult for using to solve problems. Their price point has become too expensive for too little innovation and highly bloated software. I absolutely do not recommend Extensis or any of their platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Allows me to have thousands of fonts without bogging down my system. Keeps corrupted fonts from causing issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Occasionally I have issues with auto-activation, but that's usually caused by the design software and not Connect Fonts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Connect font is a best connection for fonts. It is easier way to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Just want to add that Connect Fonts is the best tool to handle the Fonts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that fonts are 'auto-activated' whenever they're required. Fonts are easy to search and find and also the integration of other fonts such as Adobe fonts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing as yet. I guess it could be easier to control and add users, licences and passwords etc. Currently I have to login as each user to change their passwords. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fonts are accessible from anywhere via the app. Easy to set-up account and use app on a daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Searching fonts by font style would be a value added feature. Seeking by name is fine, but the font style is sometimes more important. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how I can easily organize my fonts into categories for all of my projects. And it is so helpful that the fonts auto activate in Adobe. Saves me so much time! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My only gripe would be that sometimes the software updates between Adobe and Connect Fonts is not in sync, making the auto activation plugins not work for a while. It can become super annoying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.