What's new in Universal Type Server 5.0.0
Feb 5, 2015
- What’s new:
- Fully 64-bit native for improved performance and better system resource utilization.
- Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2014.
- Fixed Issues:
- Updated to Java 7 to increase security. [TS-1274]
New in Universal Type Server 4.0.1.1 (Oct 23, 2013)
- Universal Type Server 4 keeps your entire creative team’s font collection in sync. Providing exceptional font access and license compliance, Type Server helps everyone on your team remain creative and productive.
- Font Management for Adobe Creative Cloud:
- Adobe Creative Cloud subscription services changed the way that teams access and update their creative toolset.
- Universal Type Server is ready when you make the leap into the cloud with professional class font management auto-activation plug-ins.
- With plug-ins designed from the ground-up to work on Mac and PC, the Universal Type Client supports the newest Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and InCopy, regardless which operating system you choose.
- If your team isn’t ready to float amongst the clouds, Universal Type Server 4 also includes a full array of Font Sense powered plug-ins for previous Adobe Creative Suite applications.
- Enhanced Font License Management:
- Font license management is only effective if your designers actually know what they can do with each font.
- With the Professional and Enterprise editions of the Universal Type Client, designers gain convenient access to the licensing terms that you have negotiated with the foundry.
- Do you have the right to embed a group of fonts into eBooks and PDFs? Your designers will know with a few simple clicks.
- Are fonts in your collection are licensed for use in logos? It’s easy to find out with the Info pane in the Type Client.
- Admins control the terms of the license so that your creative pros can get the details, and move on with what they do best – create.
- QuickComp for Fast and Easy Font Selection:
- Selecting typefaces that work well together is often the first thing many creative teams do for any new project. QuickComp makes it easy for your designers to test, experiment and select font pairings.
- In the old days, seeing how fonts worked side-by-side in real-world examples required a lot of manual work in InDesign or Illustrator, and a lot of flipping back and forth between applications and the font manager.
- Now, designers have QuickComp to quickly create samples, right within the Universal Type Client. Sample templates cover the most common design jobs, so it’s easy for your team to select fonts that work well together for headlines, body copy, captions, etc and get on with other creative tasks.
- Additional improvements include:
- Universal Type Server features a brand new PostgreSQL Database for increased speed and stability.
- Ensure the stability of your systems with updated Font Cache Cleaning improvements. (Mac only)
- Updated font corruption and integrity checking ensures a smooth creative workflow, free of corrupt fonts.
- Enhanced Font Info panel provides font info in a convenient and easy way.
- Locate similar fonts even faster with speed and interface improvements to QuickMatch searches.
- Modern OS support for Windows 8.
- More engaging font previews with new Custom Color Previews in the client.
- Cloud-based online help system that is always up-to-date.
New in Universal Type Server 3.2.0 (Aug 5, 2013)
- The Universal Type Server 3.2 release focuses on bug fixes and performance enhancements.
- Server Administration
- Improved synchronization performance and upgrade reliability for Directory Services
- Users and Workgroups Administration
- Improved Directory Services synchronization and performance
- Improved performance when retrieving or updating large numbers of users
New in Universal Type Server 3.1.0 (Aug 5, 2013)
- Server Administration
- Configuring a second Universal Type Server as part of a failover configuration is even easier.
- Users and Workgroups Administration
- Directory Services improvements
- Active Directory groups can be mapped directly to Type Server workgroups.
- Improvements in Active Directory role assignments.
- Improvements in searching the Active Directory tree.
- Users in multiple Active Directory groups now get the privileges associated with their most permissive group membership.
- Improved Directory Services synchronization and performance.
- Improved handling of Open Directory short names.
- Simplified set-up for Kerberos single sign-on users.
- Full Administrators can create and edit Directory Service mappings.
- Other improvements
- Performance and filtering improvements in Fonts & Licenses.
- Add users to multiple workgroups simultaneously.
- Improved navigation control within the user interface.
- Added contextual (“right click”) menus for common tasks.
- Font Purchase Agreement files can be attached to Font Licenses for easy reference.