[mitchell_pgh]

OK, I'm a hack... and was wondering if someone would answer a few questions.

1) How many different types of fonts are there (I know of TrueType, PostScript and OpenType)?

2) Which is the preferred format... or what's the advantages of one over the other.

3) What font management system are most people using?

4) Where do most people buy their fonts? (I'm looking for popular collections)

[Thorzdad]

1) That's pretty much it.

2) If you are a professional doing work with a service bureau or printer, Postscript is still king. They do accept the others, but using Postscript generally avoids many headaches for them.

3) Sadly, font-management in OSX is still a big free-for-all. Back in the OS9 days, I was a solid ATM deluxe fan. But that's not available under OSX. Personally, I'm just using FontBook for now,

4) Buy fonts???
There are so many resources. Adobe sells fonts. Their offerings would probably fit into your "popular collections" definition. Some of the stock photo houses now sell fonts. I especially like Veer.com's font offerings. Where you buy from depends on what you want.

[York911]

2) Postscript
3) Extensis Suitcase X1
4) Veer, Font Bureau, FontFont etc etc.