Insider Software rolled out a new version of its FontAgent font management utility for the Mac OSX platform that it says runs circles around competitors such as Suitcase and FontReserve.

Click here to find out more about FontAgentPro and to download a free 30-day trial version.

The new FontAgent Pro offers improved font activation and browsing capabilities that reportedly surpass those offered by competitors. These include the ability to:

• Define multiple font libraries that can be opened simultaneously;

• Rename font files with meaningful file names for easy management;

• Verify fonts on-the-fly as they are imported, activated, or exported;

• Reorganize scattered fonts into useful libraries that maintain original font-file formats;

• Perform extensive analysis and repair of damaged or corrupt fonts;

• View lists of fonts in each font’s typeface (WYSIWYG);

• Find any font by typing a few letters contained in its name; and

• Print any list of fonts in any text and style to create a font book.

FontAgent Pro also includes FontPlay, a new proprietary technology that lets users display and print fonts the way a media player plays songs. For example, users can enter custom strings, paragraphs and logotype, and then view or print the strings in various fonts by manually advancing through them or playing them automatically through any group of activated or closed fonts, the company said.

Available now, FontAgent Pro costs $99.95. Users of FontAgent 8 users can download an upgrade for $49.95.