Category:	Utilities
Price:	Low
Popularity:	Low
Version String:	2.0.3 (203)
Release Date:	2023-09-25
Architecture:	Intel & i386 & PowerPC & AppleSilicon(ARM)
Minimum OS:	macOS 10.9
Vendor Name:	Mark Douma
Homepage:	www.markdouma.com

Description:

If you're having problems like garbled text, it could be caused by corrupt font cache files. What appears to be happening is that incorrect or corrupted encoding vector information is being used when mapping the character codes as input by your keyboard to the glyphs they represent in the problematically cached font.

You can use Font Finagler's Font Cache Cleaner feature to purge these cache files in an attempt to restore normal behavior, and to help rule out a font cache corruption as the sole cause of the problem. If, however, you use Font Cache Cleaner but the problem remains, then it could be caused by a font conflict, by a corrupt or less-than-ideal-quality font, or by an underlying OS X font-handling bug. Try removing fonts to isolate the problematic fonts that are causing this behavior.


License & Registration:

I’ve created Font Finagler as “shareware,” meaning you can download and try it out for free, and, as long as it’s the same as the latest version available on my webpage, can freely share a copy of the software with others.

For unregistered users, some of the features in Font Finagler are always available, while others can be used a limited number of times. You can use the Font Cache Cleaner or Admin-Free Font Cache Cleaner feature to clean a combination of the font cache files up to 40 times. After that, you’ll need to register (purchase a license for) Font Finagler to continue using it. My assumption here is that if you’ve used it that often, then you’ve most likely found it useful and, therefore, ought to register it.