Is it just me, or is it difficult to find the font you want to use while designing something? I mean not only find the perfect font, but actually FIND it on your computer!
I don’t know how long I went without finding a decent tool to actually view fonts i want to use to design. I’ve always inserted the textual content within a design in Photoshop, (or MS Word) then applied different fonts until I was happy with the result.
Well I found a really cool utility called Free&Easy Font Viewer. It’s exactly what I need. I downloaded it, installed it and it just worked.
Here’s a screenshot:
Click the thumbnail image for a detailed view
I just wanted to share. Here’s the site: (it’s not an affiliate link… just a site from which to download the app:
https://www.styopkin.com/details_free_and_easy_fonts_viewer.html
Cheers!
my good friend colleen wheeler, (phenom author and photoshop expert with Deke.com just reined me in with a dose of reality: where’s the love for a mac?
thank you for that, cw! =)
ya know, i used to never look for… or use anything but solutions for the mac. have i gone to the dark side? no. i have to use 2 rigs – 1 pc, 1 mac and 3 monitors. i have to try to make websites look and work well on all types of platforms/browsers… but the majority of tools i use (as a web developer) are on a pc. so, being tired and having the attention span of a gnat, ii forgot to send out love for my mac friends.
BUT… since she mentioned it, i have used this one cool font management system for the mac and really liked it. (even more than font book)
Linotype FontExplorer X
here is the freeware version (unless they’ve changed the licensing)
https://mac.sofotex.com/download-131077.html
cheers and thanks again, colleen!
by the way, if you’re interested in anything/everything photoshop, you might want to check out http://www.deke.com and their popular ‘Martini Hour‘ podcasts they produce. Deke and Colleen kick off the shoes, drink martinis and bring in the world’s best photoshop experts to talk shop. it’s really worth a listen.