Fontbook and Network fonts

I work at an Agency with about 30 macs. Currently our fonts are a mess, with different sets on each computer. There are also multiple font managers being used (to each their own). We have looked into network font management from Extensis and the like, but it seems to be very expensive. I read that FontBook could manage network fonts. Is this true? Could we have a single font folder on our network (Xserve) and have each machine look there for fonts? If the server is down are we screwed. Will Fontbook try to physically move the fonts if they are activated by a single machine. I currently use Font Agent, so I am not familiar with FontBook. I'm just looking for an alternative to spending a load on a 3rd party solution.
thanks

Hi Gaige,
Be glad to, but start a new topic please since your question isn't related to the OP's (original poster) question on fonts and font management. It's considered threadjacking and isn't considered polite, because otherwise people tend to start helping the secondary question, and the person who started the thread gets ignored. You also benefit from others being able to see your question instead of your query being buried inside an unrelated thread.
That's hard to say without sounding like a scolding. Not intending at all to do that, just pointing out that it's better for you to start a new topic.

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