FontBase is a desktop font manager for Mac, Windows, and Linux that activates fonts on demand instead of requiring you to install everything permanently.
It covers the actual pain point of managing a large font library - collections, a glyph viewer, specimen generation, and Google Fonts built right in - and does it for free.
Worth installing the moment your local font folder gets unmanageable, regardless of what design software you use.
The core app has no cost. A paid tier, FontBase Awesome, adds license tracking and team features, but the free version covers what a solo designer typically needs.
A font manager made by designers, for designers, totally free.
