Font Viewer Editor's Review

Font Viewer allows you to view samples of all the fonts installed on your system. The program displays a drop-down list which enables you to select any font that is installed in your Windows\Fonts folder. You can enter a sentence or a couple of words into an edit box. This sentence is displayed using the font you choose.

When starting the application, the first thing to do is press the "Get Font" button. This button must be pressed in order to populate the drop-down list with font names. If you install a new font on your system, you won't have to restart the program to detect it. You just need to press this button.

You can select the size and weight of the font you want to sample.

Pluses:

Drawbacks / flaws: The main window of this application doesn't support resizing. If you choose a big size for the sample, it won't fit inside the window.

In conclusion: Font Viewer is a simple tool. It may come in handy when you want to decide what font to use for a certain document of if you need to view the fonts installed on your computer.

version reviewed: 9.2.0.1