Jump to content
Education typography videos. Check out our YouTube channel …

Is there a Mac application to view fonts without installing them?

Recommended Posts

Diego Puentes

Is there a Mac application to view fonts without installing them? I have a lot of fonts that I manage using Font Book. Is there a way to view fonts I already have without loading them into Font Book? Ideally I'd like to see what the font looks like using certain words in all caps and initial caps.

Thanks!

Link to comment
Riccardo Sartori

In macOS, just hitting the space bar after selecting a font file, will open a (resizable) window with the same standard specimen you get in Font Book.

Here’s an example:

907115348_Schermata2022-01-03alle23_18_36.png.19c020daa12da05c7cecb4076cdd29cf.png

For custom words, I think you will need a separate font manager, or type tester.

Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

Our partners

Discover the fonts from the Germany foundry FDI Type. A brand of Schriftkontor Ralf Herrmann.
Discover the Best Deals for Freelance Designers.
Get to your apps and creative work. Explore curated inspiration, livestream learning, tutorials, and creative challenges.
The largest selection of professional fonts for any project. Over 130,000 available fonts, and counting.
Elfen-Fraktur—a monolinear blackletter typeface
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We are placing functional cookies on your device to help make this website better.