Existing users, 
Font Mate
display and print installed fonts and copy characters to other apps
Version: 1.1.1
a good start
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: rahja Saturday, July 28 2007 @ 01:41 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
this has promise, especially as freeware. but it needs a couple of things to make it useful to me:
show me the key command for the character I want to use. copy is nice, but I want learn them, too!
in the font column, how about making the arrow keys work to move up and down the list? that would make it much faster.
also, how about making it hover-over, rather than having to click each character?
thanks!
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a good start - rahja
cool. yeah, that's what I meant for the hover anyway. excellent!I would just like the key command easier. I'm lazy! :¬ )
it's definitely getting there.
thanks!
Tuesday, July 31 2007 @ 04:58 PM PDT
a good start - ianpiper
Hi,Thanks for the comments and suggestions. You can get the key code in Mac applications from the hex code in Font Mate. For example, to get the UK pound sign (ASCII 0163, Hex 00A3) you can do alt-0163 in Windows or opt-00a3 on a Mac. You will need to have Hex input enabled on your Mac (in the International Preferences). I have made a minor change to the application to allow you to use the arrow keys to go up and down the font list (download v1.1.1 from the site). I thought about changing the font on hover, but that is a huge performance hit. I may make the "large character" display hover though.
Ian.
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Tuesday, July 31 2007 @ 12:27 AM PDT