Am I missing something about font management in OS X?

Hi all,
I figure I must be missing something ... all I want is for my fonts (managed using FontAgent Pro) to appear as families within apps - just like Type Reunion made them do in OS 9.
But for some reason I can't seem to achieve this ... surely it's possible.
You know the deal - scroll down the font list in any app, see the name of the family you want with a sub menu showing the styles available in that family.
Any ideas?
Cheers!

Hi Thing_9,
Well, I can tell you that you won't find any improvement in Photoshop CS2. I haven't upgraded my other CS apps, but I'd be surprised if they were any different.
Whether or a program displays fonts by family group depends on how the app was written. I know what you mean about Type Reunion. That was a great little app that took care of the problem even if the applications you were using didn't themselves. You Control: Fonts is the only OS X app I've heard of that can do what you're looking for, but doesn't work for all programs.

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