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From: Skylamar Jones on 24 Jul 2010 22:09 Is there any program that allows you to view your fonts by type of font (i.e., serif and sans serif)? I�m trying to deactivate fonts that are very similar but I currently have about 400 and it's hard to compare them when i only see them by name.
From: isw on 25 Jul 2010 01:32 In article <skylamar-2222D2.19095924072010(a)free.teranews.com>, Skylamar Jones <skylamar(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Is there any program that allows you to view your fonts by type of font > (i.e., serif and sans serif)? I�m trying to deactivate fonts that are > very similar but I currently have about 400 and it's hard to compare > them when i only see them by name. Where fonts are concerned, "very similar" is truly in the eye of the beholder. Nobody but you can decide when two fonts seem to be too similar *to you*. But why deactivate them? Why not just group your choices into a set of "Fonts I Like" and keep the others around in case your taste (or level of discrimination) changes? Font Book makes it easy. Isaac
From: None of your business on 25 Jul 2010 08:43 In article <skylamar-2222D2.19095924072010(a)free.teranews.com>, Skylamar Jones <skylamar(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Is there any program that allows you to view your fonts by type of font > (i.e., serif and sans serif)? I�m trying to deactivate fonts that are > very similar but I currently have about 400 and it's hard to compare > them when i only see them by name. There are several. They include Suitcase and Font Explorer Pro and FontCase. However, if you only have 400 fonts then you don't need a professional-level font manager, as they cost money. You merely need to launch Foot Book, which ships with the OS, and turn on the view in font style feature, and identify fonts visually. Although with only 400 fonts, why are you bothering? After all, the OS ships with quite a few fonts (see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_typefaces_included_with_Mac_OS_X>, and note that the total number of fonts listed as shipping keeps changing) some of which are required to be on (see <http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html>) and some applications and application suites such as Microsoft Office or Adobe CS will install several dozen more. (MS Office installs 70 fonts, IIRC). If you have only 400 fonts installed the odds are that you are using mostly Apple-supplied fonts and that turning off the wrong font could have very negative results. You might not want to do that.
From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 25 Jul 2010 09:33 Skylamar Jones wrote: > Is there any program that allows you to view your fonts by type of font > (i.e., serif and sans serif)? I¹m trying to deactivate fonts that are > very similar but I currently have about 400 and it's hard to compare > them when i only see them by name. For this and for managing fonts I use Linotype Fontexplorer - a real great app for such... - It can show groups, families, single fonts - all in WYSIWYG - 'what you see is what you get'. The fontface is both the real view, but sizes are also compared, so differences here are also shwon correctly. FontExplorer X 1.2.3 (freeware version) Professional font management utility. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27903 FontExplorer X Pro 2.5.1 (commercial version) Professional font management utility. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10906718 cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-manNOSP(a)Mstofanet.dk> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com OpenOffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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