unicode enabled tool to preview and choose font?   

When creating documents sometimes I want to choose a font based on the way 
it looks. The slowest way is to highlight a sample text, change it to a 
different font, and keep trying until all fonts have been tried. This could 
take a long time.

Is there a tool to expedite this process? Basically, I need to see how a 
sample text (that I get to choose) would look in the various fonts all at 
once. I also need this tool to be unicode enabled -- and can deal with 
Chinese, Japanese, etc.

date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:33:53 -0800   author:   peter

Re: unicode enabled tool to preview and choose font?   

Hi Peter,

Select the text and open "Format > Font".

You can use the up and down arrows to scroll through the font list, and the 
dialog shows a preview.

Regards,
Klaus


"peter"  wrote:
> When creating documents sometimes I want to choose a font based on the way 
> it looks. The slowest way is to highlight a sample text, change it to a 
> different font, and keep trying until all fonts have been tried. This 
> could take a long time.
>
> Is there a tool to expedite this process? Basically, I need to see how a 
> sample text (that I get to choose) would look in the various fonts all at 
> once. I also need this tool to be unicode enabled -- and can deal with 
> Chinese, Japanese, etc.
>

date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:41:46 +0100   author:   Klaus Linke

Re: unicode enabled tool to preview and choose font?   

This is not very useful because word only shows english text in the preview. 
I need to see foreign text (e.g. chinese).

"Klaus Linke"  wrote in message 
news:eIeVV0SDGHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi Peter,
>
> Select the text and open "Format > Font".
>
> You can use the up and down arrows to scroll through the font list, and 
> the dialog shows a preview.
>
> Regards,
> Klaus

date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 15:22:09 -0800   author:   peter

Re: unicode enabled tool to preview and choose font?   

It shows whatever text you have selected.

Chinese characters will show as boxes in most (western) fonts.
If you have support for Chinese activated, you have separate font dropdowns 
for western and Asian text, and you would use the Asian font dropdown that 
doesn't have all those purely Latin fonts.

Regards,
Klaus


"peter"  wrote:
> This is not very useful because word only shows english text in the 
> preview. I need to see foreign text (e.g. chinese).
>
> "Klaus Linke"  wrote in message 
> news:eIeVV0SDGHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Select the text and open "Format > Font".
>>
>> You can use the up and down arrows to scroll through the font list, and 
>> the dialog shows a preview.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Klaus
>
>

date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:39:41 +0100   author:   Klaus Linke

Re: unicode enabled tool to preview and choose font?   

If you have access to a Word Perfect CD, install the Font Navigator
that comes with it.  You can use it to see characters in any language.

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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:41:46 +0100, "Klaus Linke"
 wrote:

|Hi Peter,
|
|Select the text and open "Format > Font".
|
|You can use the up and down arrows to scroll through the font list, and the 
|dialog shows a preview.
|
|Regards,
|Klaus
|
|
|"peter"  wrote:
|> When creating documents sometimes I want to choose a font based on the way 
|> it looks. The slowest way is to highlight a sample text, change it to a 
|> different font, and keep trying until all fonts have been tried. This 
|> could take a long time.
|>
|> Is there a tool to expedite this process? Basically, I need to see how a 
|> sample text (that I get to choose) would look in the various fonts all at 
|> once. I also need this tool to be unicode enabled -- and can deal with 
|> Chinese, Japanese, etc.
|> 
|

date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:57:07 -0800   author:   *))))){