WYSIWYG Font viewer?

[Erik Richard Sørensen]

Hello again...

[...After a long time without access to news.:-)]

I'm in the middle of re-organizing all my more than 500.000 fonts and
only install the most used ones for my applications... But sometimes I
do need a very special font that might not be installed, - and
remembering the view of all 500.000 fonts is simply impossible - even
for me.:)

Therefore I've been looking for at true WYSIWYG font lister ala the old
classic (OS 7.x-9.x) FontViewer, where it was just to drag&drop a folder
with non-installed fonts and it would automatically create a WYSIWYG
list with font name, type and custom selected viewing sentense - like
"The quick brown fox...etc." - or a message containing even Scandinavian
and German specieal characters - such as "Dette er en prøve med æÆ, øØ &
åÅ" (this is a test with æÆ, øØ & åÅ)...

I found one on PureMac called "FontCat 5" that suites all the needs.
Requirements says OS X 10.4 or higher, but no matter what and how I do
it, it won't open - not even after a restart...
<http://www.pure-mac.com/font.html> = 'Viewers'

FontCat seems to be the only one that suites my needs along with
'FontSight' which doesn't quite suites my needs. - The others that might
do are all dead links.:-(

So... Does anyone here knows about a true WYHSIWYG font listing tool
with the capability of making font lists with custom text and being able
to save in (Print to) PDF? - Requirements are that it must be able to
work on OS X Tiger, Leopard, SnowLeopard and Lion...

PS. I donot need any kind of font managing since I here use Linotype
Fontexplorer for Mac.

Any help would be appreciated!
Cheers, Erik Richard
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[JF Mezei]

This may not be sufficient for you, but quicklook recognises font files.

So in finder, pressing the space bar when a font file has been selected
will display the font in a quick brown fox kind of way. (At least as of
Snow Leopard).

[Neill Massello]

Erik Richard Sørensen <tu...@tulle.dk> wrote:

> Does anyone here knows about a true WYHSIWYG font listing tool
> with the capability of making font lists with custom text and being able
> to save in (Print to) PDF?

Have you tried Lemkesoft's FontBook?

<http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/fontbook/>

[Erik Richard Sørensen]

Argh.:-(! - Why didn't I think of that he has made an OS X version...
Way back in the 'good ol' Mac days' [= System 7.5.5.:-)] I used the
classic version, - and I even incorraged him to make it in Danish - and
so he did.:-)

It's now downloaded and I'll try it - and I know it'll suite my purposes
if it's as the classic version.:-)

Thanks!

[Erik Richard Sørensen]

Erik Richard Sørensen wrote:
> Neill Massello wrote:
>> Erik Richard Sørensen <tu...@tulle.dk> wrote:
>>> Does anyone here knows about a true WYHSIWYG font listing tool
>>> with the capability of making font lists with custom text and being able
>>> to save in (Print to) PDF?
>>
>> Have you tried Lemkesoft's FontBook?
>>
>> <http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/fontbook/>
>
> Argh.:-(! - Why didn't I think of that he has made an OS X version...
> Way back in the 'good ol' Mac days' [= System 7.5.5.:-)] I used the
> classic version, - and I even incorraged him to make it in Danish - and
> so he did.:-)
>
> It's now downloaded and I'll try it - and I know it'll suite my purposes
> if it's as the classic version.:-)

Hm... The OS X version is not quite as the classic, and also some of the
features and prefs are blocked in the trial version, så it's somewhat
hard to say, /if/ it'll suite my needs in the end... And as I can see
it, you can only watch/inspect one font at a time in a non-installed
library, so you won't get an overview of fx. 50-100 or more fonts in a
single glance.

So other suggestions are still welcome.:-)

[Erik Richard Sørensen]

Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article <519bf3d6$0$32104$1472...@news.sunsite.dk>,

> Erik Richard Sørensen <tu...@tulle.dk> wrote:
>

> I use FontCat 5 whenever I have fonts I want to review. If you're
> having problem, contact the developer. it hasn't seen an update in
> ages, but then, neither have fonts.
>
> Most of the big WYSIWYG fonts catalog utilities ran on older versions of
> the OS and cost money. For me, Font Cat worked just great from 10.4 all
> the way to 10.8. If it's not working for you, something is wrong.

According to his webpage <http://www.ksoft.net/fc_home.htm> the ver.
5,2,3 (06.23.2012) now requires at least 10.6.x or higher, and to me
it's a /must/ that it'll work on 10.4.x and 10.5.x PPC+Intel...

More searching for a 5.2.0 or 5.2.1 lead me to the CNet download pages
with a 5.2.1, and this version do indeed work on OS X 10.5.x - rather
fast indeed.:-)
<http://download.cnet.com/FontCat/3000-2316_4-11005489.html>

[Erik Richard Sørensen]

Michael Vilain wrote:

> nmas...@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) wrote:
>> Have you tried Lemkesoft's FontBook?
>>
>> <http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/fontbook/>
>

> that barfed on some of the newer ttc fonts that are on my 10.8 system.
> I emailed the developer and he said he'd "look into it". But it's not
> been updated since 10.4, so I'm not holding my breath. And it doesn't
> do large volumes of fonts. You have to INSTALL them to view them, which
> isn't what the OP wants.

That could be because Torsten Lemke has been busy with a totally new and
re-written version of GraphcisConverter.:-)

> FontCat 5 really will do it unless you have really hosed fonts or a
> borked system.

As written the ver. 5.2.3 requires at least 10.6.x to run, but I've now
found a 5.2.1 that do run on at least 10.5, so now I'll see, if it'll
fully suite my purposes...

cheers, Erik Richard

[~±]

On 22/5/13 24:23 , Erik Richard S�rensen wrote:

> So... Does anyone here knows about a true WYHSIWYG font listing tool
> with the capability of making font lists with custom text and being able
> to save in (Print to) PDF? - Requirements are that it must be able to
> work on OS X Tiger, Leopard, SnowLeopard and Lion...

Take a look at the following apps I've found after a quick Google
search. I've not used them; for me FontExplorer X Pro is enough.

TypeBook Creator:
http://www.veenix.com/FontTools.html

FontThing:
http://pidog.com/fontthing/

FontVista:
http://fontgear.net/fontvista.html

Bye.

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[Erik Richard Sørensen]

~± wrote:

Thanks!

Cheers, Erik richard