Welcome to Universal Type Server
Universal Type Server® is the next generation of workgroup font management software. Written for the latest operating systems, this cross-platform system combines the power, speed, and control that administrators need with the seamless font delivery and elegant interface that users expect.
Type Server® provides centralized control, consistency, and compliance for all levels of font management— administrators as well as client users. Administrators can rest assured that the appropriate fonts are available to the client when they need them, and rogue fonts are kept out of the workflow. Meanwhile, users are certain that they are using the correct, approved fonts for their projects by using the Universal Type Client™.
If you have just installed Universal Type Server and want to get going quickly, you should do these things:
Log in to the Server Administration application.
1. Open a new browser tab or window.
2. Enter the address of your Type Server, followed by the port number for the Server Administration application. By default, this port is 18081.
Example: http://127.0.0.1:18081
3. Log in using the account name administrator and password password.
Enter your license numbers.
1. Click Licenses in the list on the left.
2. Enter your serial number and click [
Add Serial Number
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3. If you have a Core Client license, enter that serial number and click [
Add Serial Number
]
.
For further configuration steps, see Installation Overview on page 5.
After you configure your server, you should change the administrator account password. Do this in the User
Management application.
1. Open a new browser window or tab.
2. Enter the address of your Type Server, followed by the port number for the User Management application. By default, this port is 8080.
Example: http://127.0.0.1:8080
3. Log in using the administrator account credentials listed above.
4. In the Workgroups pane, click All Users.
5. In the Users pane, select the Administrator user account.
6. In the Details pane, click the Account tab and enter a new password in the Password field, then enter it again in the Confirm Password field.
Write your new password down; if you forget it, you will need to contact Extensis Technical Support for assistance in resetting the password.
7. Click [
Save
]
.
For details about using the User Management application, see the Help system in the application.
About the Server Administration Guide
This Server Administration guide provides instructions for installing and configuring the server, as well as general server management information.
Universal Type Server is administered through three primary applications: the Server Administration application, the User Management application, and the Universal Type Client. In addition, Enterprise installations have access to the Universal Type Core Client for users that do not have changing font needs.
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For detailed instructions about configuring roles, workgroups and users, please see the User Management
Guide, or the help system available within the application.
All management of the physical font files such as adding fonts to the server is accomplished in the Universal
Type Client. Other administrative functions such as running license reports are also performed from the Type
Client. For information about these features as well as all other client operations, please see the Universal
Type Client User Guide or choose Help > Universal Type Client Help.
What’s New
New in 6.0
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New report analytics engine that will help server administrators know everything about their font l l environment at their fingertips
Configurable server memory management
Support for OS X El Capitan
Universal Type Client
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Auto-activation plug-in for Adobe After Effects
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Enhanced, extensible reporting module
Recent updates
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FontLink for Adobe® InDesign® Server allows InDesign Server to connect to your Universal Type Server l l l l to include managed fonts in your automated workflow.
TurboSync™: Fonts and metadata replicate to clients up to 27 times faster.
Failover configuration: Enterprise users can set up a second Universal Type Server to ensure maximum up-time with minimum disruption.
External SQL database: Enterprise users can add a high-performance database for user and workgroup maintenance and font usage tracking.
Fully 64-bit native for improved performance and better system resource utilization.
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Extensis Font Panel: The Extensis Font Panel allows you to access all of your workgroups directly in l l l l l l l l
Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop CS6 and later.
“My Fonts” Workgroup: Users can now see the fonts in all their workgroups in one place.
Font Favorites: Mark fonts as favorites and easily find them when you need them. Use them to search fonts and create smart sets.
Fontspiration: The Details Panel includes the new Fontspiration tab. Fontspiration displays examples of
WebINK fonts designed to inspire you to seek new and unique ways to use typography in your own projects. Click an example to view that example in your Web browser, and from there follow
Fontspiration and view the thousands of typography examples gleaned from around the Web.
QuarkXPress 10: Universal Type Client includes an auto-activation plug-in for QuarkXPress 10 and
10.1, and can also clean font caches for the Macintosh version.
QuickComp: QuickComp is a new Preview option that displays your font choices used in a variety of document layouts. Multiple templates are available that mimic brochures, newsletters, and other common design projects.
Details Panel: The Details Panel has been enlarged and moved from the bottom left to the right side of the main window. It displays more details about anything you select in the Workgroups pane, provides shortcuts for QuickFind searches using many popular search criteria, and allows you to directly edit some properties.
Color Previews: You can now set the font and background colors used in the Previews pane. Test color combinations, use them in floating previews, and grab a Font Snapshot.
Support for Adobe Creative Cloud apps and Typekit fonts.
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Full Administrator users can now access the User Management application using their standard LDAP l l l credentials.
Compliance model: Universal Type Server uses a “per-machine” licensing model, similar to licenses purchased from most type foundries.
Enfocement options: Enterprise users can choose between strict enforcement, in which fonts are not allowed to be activated beyond the limits of your licenses, or notification, in which you receive an alert whenever a font is used beyond the number of available licenses.
Map Active Directory groups directly to Type Server workgroups.
System Requirements
For the most up-to-date information about the latest release of Universal Type Server, please visit the
Product Support page (
http://www.extensis.com/support/product-support/universal-type-server-
6/
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Macintosh Server
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OS X® v10.10 and 10.11
2.0 GHz or faster processor
2 GB RAM
2 GB available hard drive space for application files, plus additional space for fonts
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Windows Server
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Windows® Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2
2.0 GHz or faster multi-core processor
2 GB RAM
2 GB available hard drive space for application files, plus additional space for fonts
Enterprise Edition Database Requirements
Enterprise Edition users have the option of utilizing one of these external databases. Use of an external database is required with a proxy failover configuration.
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MySQL 5.5 or newer (Macintosh or Windows)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or 2014 (Windows)
Macintosh Universal Type Client
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OS X v10.9 through 10.11
2.0 GHz or faster processor
1 GB available hard drive space for application files, plus additional space for fonts
100 Mbit/s or faster network connection
An Internet connection and Safari® 7 or later or the current release of Firefox® or Chrome™ to view
Help
Windows Universal Type Client
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Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
2.0 GHz or faster processor
1 GB available hard drive space for application files, plus additional space for fonts
100 Mbit/s or faster network connection
An Internet connection and Internet Explorer® 10, Microsoft Edge, or the current release of Firefox or
Chrome to view Help
You need to have Internet Explorer installed in order for QuickComp to work properly. It does not need to be your default browser.
Server Administration and User Management
Requirements for any computers that will be used for Server Administration or User Management. These applications can be run remotely.
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Internet Explorer 10 or later or Microsoft Edge (for administering the server from Windows), Safari 7 or l l later (for administering the server from a Macintosh), or the current release of Firefox 15 or Chrome.
An Internet connection and one of the above browsers to view Help.
The current release of Adobe Flash® Player.
Reports
Reports can be viewed from any supported desktop browser.
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Internet Explorer 10 or later (for viewing reports from Windows 7 or later), or
Microsoft Edge (for viewing reports from Windows 10), or
Safari 9 or later (for viewing reports from OS X), or
The current release of Firefox, or
The current release of Chrome.
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