How can I compare specific copy across all installed fonts?
Graphic Design Asked on October 27, 2021
When I chose a font for a project, I always spend way too much time.
I’d like to type the copy in a program, and it would be displayed in each font installed on my computer so I can compare which font is the best (in terms of kerning, etc). This is a work-intensive alternative – I don’t have time to do this, and my installed fonts change often.
I remember I used to be able to do that with free apps a long time ago under Mac OS 9 (Font Image Library, Font Gander, etc), and commercial font websites let you type custom text, but I cannot find any apps that do it for installed fonts under Mac OS X.
2 Answers
I have been using Font Preview for several years, and quite like it - allows multi font comparative previews of custom sample text quite easily - here's a screengrab from off my main graphics & 3D modeling machine:
Cheap, fast, lower system overhead than native Font Book, and easy to use.
Hope that helps.
Answered by GerardFalla on October 27, 2021
You can use the free version of FontBase, I've tried it on Windows and it works great, but I never tried on Mac.
Answered by Moshe Gross on October 27, 2021
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