Suggestion: View fonts in explorer thumbnails like images.

G

Guest

Recently, I had to organise a large collections of fonts. I also had to make
a Favourites folder. But I found organising fonts really difficult as Windows
only offers a small program to view a sample. I had to go through the fonts
one by one, opening and closing a window and cut and pasting. Which of course
took me some hours.
This whole organising process would be far easier if I had to deal with
images for example. I'd switch to Thumbnail view, select the ones I want and
cut-paste.

So, a suggestion: In future Windows versions, or in Longhorn, make it
possible to view Fonts like Images. It'd be nice to have a "Font Sample" tab
in Folder Options, offering the possibility to specify sample Text and Size,
so that explorer can make a sample image to offer as a thumbnail for each
font file.
 
M

Malke

Kingherc said:
Recently, I had to organise a large collections of fonts. I also had
to make a Favourites folder. But I found organising fonts really
difficult as Windows only offers a small program to view a sample. I
had to go through the fonts one by one, opening and closing a window
and cut and pasting. Which of course took me some hours.
This whole organising process would be far easier if I had to deal
with images for example. I'd switch to Thumbnail view, select the ones
I want and cut-paste.

So, a suggestion: In future Windows versions, or in Longhorn, make it
possible to view Fonts like Images. It'd be nice to have a "Font
Sample" tab in Folder Options, offering the possibility to specify
sample Text and Size, so that explorer can make a sample image to
offer as a thumbnail for each font file.
Click to expand...

Microsoft Wish Program - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=114491

Malke
 
U

Uncle John

Kingherc

Fonts are mostly valuable property.

Windows uses a cut down version of the Bitstream font viewer which Microsoft
has licensed. You can download a more advanced version from Bitstream
www.bitstream.com/

or buy the Thumbs Plus software from Cerious Software
www.cerious.com/

to view your fonts beautifully as thumbnails.

Given the intellectual property rights involved so I do not expect Microsoft
to include this facility for free in Vision
 
D

Don MI

Kingherc said:
Recently, I had to organise a large collections of fonts. I also had to
make
a Favourites folder. But I found organising fonts really difficult as
Windows
only offers a small program to view a sample. I had to go through the
fonts
one by one, opening and closing a window and cut and pasting. Which of
course
took me some hours.
This whole organising process would be far easier if I had to deal with
images for example. I'd switch to Thumbnail view, select the ones I want
and
cut-paste.

So, a suggestion: In future Windows versions, or in Longhorn, make it
possible to view Fonts like Images. It'd be nice to have a "Font Sample"
tab
in Folder Options, offering the possibility to specify sample Text and
Size,
so that explorer can make a sample image to offer as a thumbnail for each
font file.
Click to expand...

You may find Karen's free Font Explorer {
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp } useful.

Don
 
W

Wesley Vogel

Vista is in beta. MS doesn't need any more ideas. They have to make what
they have now work. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
E

Evadne Cake

Microsoft Wish Program - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=114491

Malke
Click to expand...

Every time I see a request like this I sit here quietly smug thinking "Tiger
has that!" FontBook shows a list of font categories in the left pane (script,
serifs, sans-serifs, whimsical, handwritten, etc.) the fonts in each category
in the middle and a resizable sample in the right third. It's beautifully
simple and you can load and unload groups at will. I love it - I love the
fact that I can categorise my faces according to job or type; I don't have to
click on each one to view a preview. It's fantastic. To uninstall, you simply
drag the font (or group) out of the book.
 
M

Malke

Rock said:
Malke, FYI that article isn't available at the moment. Been coming up
that way for a few weeks now.
Click to expand...
Thanks, Rock. I never would have known.

Malke
 

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