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Extensis is a software company based in Portland, Oregon.^[1]

History[edit]

Extensis and its parent company CreativePro.com were sold to ImageX in year 2000, which in turn sold Extensis to Japanese content-management company Celartem Technology in 2002.^[2] In 2003, Extensis acquired competitor DiamondSoft and their Font Reserve applications (stand-alone and client-server).^[3] In January 2006, Extensis merged its two font management products, Font Reserve and Suitcase into a single product called Suitcase Fusion.^[4] In August 2010, Extensis launched WebINK, a web font subscription service.^[5] This service was discontinued on July 1, 2015.^[6]

In 2018, Extensis united with its sister company, LizardTech, to continue developing and distributing software solutions for compressing and distributing massive, high-resolution geospatial data.^[7]

Products[edit]

Extensis develops the following products:

• Suitcase Fusion^[8] – Font management software for single users
• Suitcase Fusion for iOS ^[9] – Free font manager for iOS that connects to Suitcase Fusion
• Suitcase TeamSync ^[10] – Font management software for teams. Fonts are synced using a cloud-based server hosted by Extensis.
• Universal Type Server^[11] – On-premises font server for teams who want tight control over font distribution and reporting.
• Extensis Portfolio^[12] – Digital Asset Management solution for teams that includes descriptive automatic keywording powered by artificial intelligence.
• FontLink^[13] – A module for Universal Type Server that delivers fonts for documents in automated publishing workflows that use Adobe InDesign Server.
• Suitcase Attaché^[14] – Extended font menu for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
• Extensis Fonts^[15] – Free add-on for Google Docs that provides a better font picker
• Fontspiration^[16] – Free iOS app for layering text over images, video and GIFs
• SquishPic^[17] – Free all-in-one viewer for MrSID files with impressive file compression
• Compress^[18] – Free plug-in for opening MrSID files directly within Adobe Photoshop
• GeoExpress^[19] – Geospatial software created for geospatial professionals to manipulate digital, satellite, aerial, and UAV images and losslessly compress them to MrSID or JPEG2000 files for more efficient use.
• ExpressServer^[20] – Image asset handling software that uses patented compression technology to distribute massively large geospatial data. Any type of device can connect to it to access raster files and LiDAR point cloud data without the need to download those files.
• GeoViewer^[21] – A free all-in-one GIS viewer for MrSID imagery, raster imagery, LiDAR point clouds, vector overlays, and other geospatial file formats. A Pro version is also available that offers printing, additional project systems, and advanced area measurement tools.^[22]

Extensis distributes, but does not develop the following product:

• FontDoctor^[23] – Font diagnosis and repair tool, included free with Suitcase Fusion
• Corbit ^[24] – Workflow automation software that allows users to set up triggers to activate individual or a series of tasks based on a simple action or by a monitored system change.

See also[edit]

Fontdoctor For Mac

References[edit]

1. ^Our story — Extensis
2. ^'Extensis, Inc. acquired by Celartem Technology' by Extensis (September 10, 2002) — Extensis
3. ^'Extensis Inc. to acquire DiamondSoft, Inc.' by Extensis (June 30, 2003) — Extensis
4. ^'Extensis launches Suitcase Fusion – the future of font management' by Extensis (January 9, 2006) — Extensis
5. ^'Extensis launches cloud-based web font service WebINK' by Extensis (August 3, 2010) — Extensis
6. ^'WebINK.com' by Extensis (July 1, 2015) — WebINK
7. ^Extensis. 'About Extensis'. www.extensis.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
8. ^Suitcase Fusion — Extensis
9. ^Suitcase Fusion for iOS — Extensis
10. ^Suitcase TeamSync — Extensis
11. ^Universal Type Server — Extensis
12. ^Portfolio — Extensis
13. ^Extensis. 'FontLink Release Notes - Extensis.com'. www.extensis.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
14. ^Suitcase Attaché — Extensis
15. ^Extensis Fonts for Google Docs — Extensis
16. ^Fontspiration — Extensis
17. ^Extensis. 'Squishpic'. www.extensis.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
18. ^'Compress'. www.adobeexchange.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
19. ^Extensis. 'GeoExpress'. www.extensis.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
20. ^Extensis. 'Express Server'. www.extensis.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
21. ^Extensis. 'GeoViewer'. www.extensis.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
22. ^'Extensis Offers GeoViewer Pro All-in-One Geospatial Data Viewer at No Charge'. GISuser.com. 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
23. ^FontDoctor (developed by FontGear) — Extensis
24. ^Extensis. 'Extensis Unveils Portfolio Workflow Automation for Digital Asset Management'. www.extensis.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.

Further reading[edit]

• Font Management in OS X by Kurt Lang

External links[edit]

• Extensis on Twitter

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