Case Study: SANDOW achieves 30% cost reduction and streamlined font management with Extensis Universal Type Server

Pairing Client Fonts Offers Dual Benefits to SANDOW

SANDOW, a media and design company focused on beauty, fashion, and luxury, was struggling with an unwieldy font ecosystem: tens of thousands of fonts (including duplicates) scattered across servers, rising costs and legal risk, frustrated designers spending excessive time searching, and a legacy management system with poor support and limited visibility.

Under “Operation Font Reduction,” SANDOW implemented Extensis Universal Type Server, led by VP Michael Shavalier, to standardize fonts, assign workgroup permissions, and use usage reports to guide purchases. The initiative cut the library to about 4,000 fonts, delivered a 30% reduction in spending, a 60% drop in IT requests, eliminated roughly 10,000 fonts, reduced compliance risk, and restored fast, responsive vendor support.

SANDOW

Michael Shavalier

Director of Creative Operations