Font Locker

$24

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Font Locker runs on a Mac with Apple silicon or Intel. There is currently no version for Windows, iPhone or iPad.

You pay once, without an account. And updates are included forever at no extra cost.

Fonts, with the paperwork

Every font on a client job comes with a licence, and the question usually arrives months later: which fonts went into that work, and which licence covers each one? Font Locker keeps the answer on your Mac.

It lists every font family in your font folders and in any folder you add. For each family you record the licence you bought, what you paid, the foundry and the date, and attach the receipt. For each client you record which fonts went on their work.

What’s Missing shows every font you used for a client with no licence on record, so you know what to sort out before anyone asks. Reports turn any client, any font, or that list into a dated PDF.

The Font Locker window. The library, with one family open and its licence on record. — The library, with one family open and its licence on record.

What it is

ScansYour font folders, or any folder you point it at.
RecordsTier, seats, purchase date, order number, receipt file.
ReportsPDFs per client, per font, or of what is missing, and the whole library as CSV or JSON.
Backs upThe catalogue’s records to a file you keep. The documents you attach come out in the full export.
NetworkOnce a day it asks oddlots.shop whether a newer version exists, and a switch in Settings turns that off. Help › Check for Updates asks whenever you choose. The request names neither you nor the version you have, and nothing downloads until you choose to install.
NeedsA Mac with Apple silicon or Intel. Tested on macOS 26.

Known problems

Split into a new family, and ticking the styles to split, can only be reached with a pointer unless keyboard navigation is turned on. Seen in 1.0.

Merge into one family, shown when several families are selected, can only be reached with a pointer unless keyboard navigation is turned on. Seen in 1.0.

Mark as free, beside a suggestion on What’s missing, can only be reached with a pointer unless keyboard navigation is turned on. Seen in 1.0.

Record a use, on a font’s page and for several selected families, can only be reached with a pointer unless keyboard navigation is turned on. Seen in 1.0.

We’re working on these and will have fixes out soon, as a free update. If you find a problem, the report page sends it to support@oddlots.shop.

Every tool is sold under the terms set out in Principles & Terms.