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SANDOW: Universal Type Server Implementation Case Study
Michael Shavalier discusses font management at Sandow, a global publishing company with ten brands focusing on design and luxury. Challenges include integrating various brands and managing thousands of fonts while ensuring brand consistency and license compliance. The implementation process involves collaboration with IT, structuring user access, and auditing fonts, with future steps aimed at expanding user groups and improving reporting.
SANDOW: Universal Type Server Implementation Case Study
- 1. HOW SANDOW WRANGLES FONTSACROSS BRANDS Guest Speaker: Michael Shavalier Host: Jim Kidwell
- 2. MICHAEL SHAVALIER DIRECTOR OFCREATIVE OPERATIONS • Previously Village Voice’s Design Director • Managed art departments across country • Exhibited early signs of creative talent and OCD tendencies.
- 3. WHO IS SANDOW? •Global publishing and media company • Brands spanning design, luxury, fashion and beauty • Currently a total of 10 brands • Rapidly growing
- 4. WHY IS FONT MANAGEMENT IMPORTANT TOSANDOW? • Brand consistency • License compliance
- 5. BRAND CONSISTENCY • Separatedesign groups with overlap • Synergy and cross-pollination between brands
- 6. LICENSE COMPLIANCE • Differentfont needs for two halves of the house • Managing access
- 7. WHAT WERE THE BIGGESTIMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES? • Integration of many companies and brands • Tens of thousands of fonts in multiple locations • Multiple copies and versions of the same fonts • Open system • Design issues • Compliance concerns
- 8. WHY UNIVERSAL TYPESERVER? • Control in setting up users and groups • Serving fonts • Compatibility with creative software • Technical support
- 9. WHAT IS MOST CRITICAL? •Remote access • Synchronization • Active Directory
- 10. IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS 1. Me+ an IT Person 2. Determine best structure across all brands 3. Locked down ALL fonts 4. Assess licensing status 5. Built sets and workgroups 6. Internal training
- 11. BEST PRACTICES 1. Identifyhow your users need to use the system 2. Determine workgroup structure 3. Audit fonts 4. Scrub fonts 5. Make clean sets 6. Set-up groups 7. Set-up font leads BONUS: Carve out time to set-up your structure
- 12. STATUS TODAY • Rolledout to 3 brands • 4th brand in-process • Finishing replacing a few other font management product • Downgrades from UTC to Core Client
- 13. FUTURE STEPS • Moregroups • More users • Integrating more brand • Additional license auditing • Exploring Universal Type Server reporting
- 14. Q & A Sandow www.sandow.com UniversalType Server www.typeserver.com Font Management Best Practices www.extensis.com/fmbpg CONNECT @extensis @sandow @jimkidwell blog.extensis.com