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teet
May 31st, 2003, 09:48 PM
not sure where to post this question really...

is there a font preview feature in adobe photoshop...you know, when you click to choose a font, instead of everything being listed by their title in times new roman, the fonts are listed in the actual font style. seems simple enough, but it's very annoying not having it (i haven't the slightest idea what "chonker" or "bamf" font looks like w/o a preview). right now, i just have to open up word and use the font preview feature in it--which just eats up more of my meager 256 mb of RAM :(

-teet
atomgiant
June 2nd, 2003, 12:47 PM
Not sure about Photoshop, but there are plenty of free font viewers that make it much easier to preview a font. For example, I've used this one with good results:

http://www.tucows.com/preview/283930.html

---atomgiant
LilleMartin
June 2nd, 2003, 12:59 PM
What I usually do is this.

1. Write some text.
2. select all the text.
3. Hit Cmd (ctrl)-H to hide the selection.
4. Click in the font selection window.
5. Use up and down arrows to cycle through fonts.

-M
mlk
June 2nd, 2003, 04:31 PM
i have exactly the same problem, i have 800+ fonts and scrolling thru them all takes ages

do what atomgiant said, i dowloaded the app and ill check it out...
LilleMartin
June 2nd, 2003, 04:35 PM
Oh, and you should definitely have some sort of font manager.
If I'm doing print work there is no need for me to have all my pixel fonts activated. Saves heaps of time on loading apps as well.

-M
eilsoe
June 2nd, 2003, 04:42 PM
lillemartin? Dansk?
LilleMartin
June 2nd, 2003, 04:47 PM
LilleMartin. Norsk. ;)
I had a girlfriend in Århus once though. :)

-M
eilsoe
June 2nd, 2003, 04:49 PM
that's a bit far, isn't it? :)

anyhoo, welcome to the forums :)
LilleMartin
June 2nd, 2003, 05:04 PM
Yup... Too far. :)
Thanks. :)

-M
DDD
June 2nd, 2003, 05:27 PM
thanks atom giant that is the bomb.....now I can see what stuff looks like before I use......I used to view all me font in Paint Shop pro first since they have the display window......but this is much much better

hey lillie u know of a font manager proggy?? wat u suggested sounds cool also.
mdipi
June 2nd, 2003, 05:34 PM
3d unflux posted one, i will look for it hold on. and i will download this font viewer thanks!
mdipi
June 2nd, 2003, 05:35 PM
darn unflux took it down, but i dl;ed it so i wills ee if icna find it
LilleMartin
June 2nd, 2003, 05:39 PM
I use Extensis Suitcase myself. It's pretty good. You can categorize all your fonts in sets and have them activated as you need them.
I assume they make a windows version as well, if that's your platform.

-M
teet
June 2nd, 2003, 06:20 PM
thanks atomgiant! just what i was looking for!

-teet