Seems the one area of my mac that i just can’t whip into shape, is how to deal with fonts. After having used Suitcase for the past couple years, i’m trying other options and will try and keep track of them here,

The most basic option availble is to use the OS and Font book to activate and deactivate your fonts,
http://www.apple.com/pro/training/fonts/index.html
http://images.apple.com/pro/pdf/L303878B_Font_TT_v4.pdf

Some more info and options to be investigated,
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/15266.html

This piece of software might have some potential… FontAgent Pro 3.0 …
http://www.insidersoftware.com/FA_pro_osx.php
http://www.macworld.com/2005/04/reviews/fontmanagement/index.php

And … in searching for this … found a nice little primer from adobe,
http://www.adobe.com/education/pdf/type_primer.pdf