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Plus and minuses - Version: 1.1b1, 12/27/2005 09:22AM PST
maeric--2008
This hasn't been updated in a couple of years and there are no instructions but it still works fine on my Dual 2.3 PPC G5 with Tiger 10.4.3. There are some limitations to be aware of however:
X Font does NOT recognize Postscript/Printer fonts (LWFN) and it will beep and do nothing if you try. It WILL recognize TrueType (Mac and Windows), Screen Fonts (FFIL) and OpenType (OTF).
X Font could use an upgrade to include preferences like adjusting the default character appearance (it is set at "ABC...123..") since most graphic and web artists will find this app useful. Plus a way to view the complete character map would be welcome. But this is free from the developer and it fits an important niche for those of us who have a plethora of fonts.
X Font does NOT recognize Postscript/Printer fonts (LWFN) and it will beep and do nothing if you try. It WILL recognize TrueType (Mac and Windows), Screen Fonts (FFIL) and OpenType (OTF).
X Font could use an upgrade to include preferences like adjusting the default character appearance (it is set at "ABC...123..") since most graphic and web artists will find this app useful. Plus a way to view the complete character map would be welcome. But this is free from the developer and it fits an important niche for those of us who have a plethora of fonts.
App doesn't work for me - Version: 1.1b1, 7/10/2005 04:54PM PST
hobo1
I get the same problem. When I drag anythign on to it I only get a beep. In other words, this isn't working for me at all.
too bad, I could really use an app that does what this one is trying to do.
too bad, I could really use an app that does what this one is trying to do.
Finally... 
- Version: 1.1b1, 8/17/2003 09:13PM PST
ErickWong
I've been looking for something like this for the last two weeks...Guess I should have checked the end of the alphabet first! Thanks so much VoJou!
With the suggestion… - Version: 1.1b1, 2/5/2003 01:51PM PST
spaceport
of Mr le Red, this brings back some of the font functions that are missing in osX. And it's free! Certainly staying on my drive.
I must be… - Version: 1.1b1, 1/11/2003 10:27AM PST
RickM
doing something wrong. When I drag a TrueType font to the icon, or open it via the file open dialog, it just beeps at me. The fonts are in a folder on my desktop.
Nice. Quirk: Won't… - Version: 1.1b1, 12/18/2002 06:07PM PST
gudrick
open fonts on Zip disks. Once the fonts are dragged over to the HD, the viewer works like a charm. It would be very handy if fonts on removable disks could be opened (I keep a lot of my collection archived that way).
Under NeXTSTEP/OpenStep the… - Version: 1.1b1, 11/20/2002 02:07AM PST
rcfa
File Inspector (now in Finder called "Get Info Panel") had an API which would allow developers to create plug-ins, such that if one selected preview, theoretically for any file type there could be a valid, useful preview function, if a proper plug-in was installed. What would be cool is to do exactly that: extend the Get Info panel, such that hitting preview would show the font, rather than having to use a separate app for that... Don't know if the wonderful step-backwards, all-Carbon-instead-of-Cocoa Finder-not-Workspace has such a feature, or if we have to wait for another five years for Apple to reinvent what NeXTSTEP had about a decade ago... Alternatively, maybe this would be possible with Unsanity's APEs..
Instead of the… - Version: 1.1b1, 10/4/2002 09:21AM PST
Rip0ff
"Drag and Drop"method, I suggest this one: Select a font file, then "Show Info" from the File menu , then "Open with application", then choose X Font Info, finally click on "Change All". Now, each time you double-click on a font file, X Font Info's window will open. Be aware that you will have to repeat this process for each type of font extension (.suit, .ttf, ...) you have on your HD.
Great and free.… - Version: 1.1b1, 10/4/2002 05:24AM PST
VeniVidiVici
virtualshift: "Only one font at a time is no good" You're wrong: drag and drop several fonts, it will open them all.
Technically, this program lets you do that -- but only in the same sense as Apple Font Book lets you do it. You open a font, look at it, decide whether to install it. Thanks, but I'll just use Font Book for that.
I was hoping for something LIKE Suitcase (or Linotype "Font Explorer" -- also good), that lets me easily view all the fonts I have (without installing them) but that I could run only when I need to -- and keep the VAST majority of my fonts un-installed.
Oh well. It appears to be old (2002) and is probably no longer even supported, in any case.