X-Fonter
Version: 3.7.2
Author: Blacksun Eclypse
Web Site: http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/index.htm
Freeware
Rating: 5 Geezers 

I assume that I’m not the only one with about a thousand fonts on the hard disk. I like fonts and when you add to that weakness, programs that add their own fonts you can get WAY too many. It can seriously slow some things down and becomes unmanageable. Indiscriminate deleting can cause problems, like Turbo Tax not running at all (this happened to me). 

Here’s an excellent program to manage fonts. A mature program with a sophisticated and intuitive interface. 

**                         Browse through and preview any installed fonts

**                    Browse through and preview any not-installed fonts

**                    Install or uninstall any TrueType Fonts

**                    Search for fonts on any drive/directory

**                    Network support included

**                    Font Filtering by Font Family, Codepages and Font Style

**                    Adjustable Colors, Styles and Sizes

**                    View Fonts in 3D mode

**                    Character map (ASCII and Unicode)

**                    Basic Image editor built in (with cropping)

**                    JPG output supported for 3D graphics

**                    Most settings are saved and reused in next session

**                    Very simple and intuitive interface

**                    No extra DLL's required

**                    Uninstall option

**                    Compare fonts in Dual pane

**                    Print font overview

ZipGenius
Version: 1.4.3.1294
Author: M.Dev Software
Web Site: http://www.zipgenius.it/downloads_eng.asp
Freeware
Rating: 6 Geezers 

What a cool program. I imagine that most readers of ABC already have a compression manger. If you haven’t looked at this genre in a while, you‘ll be in for quite a surprise. Many, such as ZipGenius, are very sophisticated utility programs. ZipGenius: not only zips and unzips but it is, also, a scanner, email, web, ftp, safety, data protection, backup, mp3, and multimedia program. Whew! It has both expert and newbie features. The screen capture, below, shows the beginner’s interface. 

**                    21 compression and encoding/decoding formats: zip, jar, war, ear, czip (encrypted zip), cab, rar (only extraction), ace (only extraction), arj, tar, taz, tgz, gzip (.gz) / bzip2 (.bz) / z (.z), pak, zoo, lzh, lha, uue, xxe, mime / base 64, zip encryption/decryption (CZIP format via CryptoZip)

**                    PocketPC support via ActiveSync 

**                    Extensible via the ZGTools 

**                    Drag and drop support 

**                    Integrates in Windows shell 

**                    Customizable look and feel 

**                    Grid to separate data 

**                    Custom font can be applied to ZipGenius buttons and menus 

**                    Formats other than zip have almost the same functions 

**                    "First Step Assistant" button to drive newbies 

**                    Send archive (or single files from them) via e-mail 

**                    Web publishing of archives and files via FTP 

**                    Exports the file list in the following formats: 

HTML (.html) 

 XML (.xml) 

Comma separated values (.CSV) 

Plain text (.txt) 

**                    The files list can be printed or sent over the web 

**                    TWAIN devices support 

**                    Archive signature (ZGSign) 

**                    Standard zip comment support 

**                    Customizable self-extracting archives. 

**                    "Readme.txt" automatically shows in normal mode 

**                    "Setup.exe" support 

**                    File downloading from the Internet 

**                    FTPGenius - ftp client built-in 

**                    ZipGenius Mail - e-mail client built-in 

**                    Enhanced command line support 

**                    Bilingual (Italian and English) 

**                    Backup functions (ex.: "Outlook Express Messages" or "My Documents folder") 

**                    Windows XP visual style supported. 

**                    OpenOffice.org documents support