Two Take Control ebooks Explain Fonts in Mac OS X

Macintosh users who have struggled with the morass that fonts have become since the release of Mac OS X can now find specific, practical advice on managing, using, and troubleshooting fonts with the 255-page Take Control of Fonts in Mac OS X and its 120-page companion volume, Take Control of Font Problems in Mac OS X, both by Sharon Zardetto Aker.

Written with clarity and humor during nine months of research by font expert and veteran Mac author Sharon Zardetto Aker, these unique ebooks go far beyond the scope of magazine articles, filling a void with a book-length exploration of exactly how fonts work - and don't work - in Mac OS X. People engaged in font-intensive professions such as graphic design and publishing, those who rely on character-rich Unicode fonts for working in non-Roman languages, and anyone who has suffered from mysterious font-related troubles will save time and money with the advice in these ebooks. They help readers work more efficiently with fonts; eliminate downtime related to duplicate or corrupt fonts; and avoid problems related to legacy fonts from Mac OS 9, fonts installed by third-party applications, and fonts in cross-platform documents. [Bill Fox]