Bits-n-Bytes Junction
Sue Wood
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The Font Thing
The Font Thing is a small package to
download but a powerhouse application to view the fonts on
your system before you tackle your latest scrapbook or
journaling project. This small program allows you to examine
fonts in your system folder and that show up in the text
editing of your photo software. As you open up the program it
lists on the left hand side the fonts that are in your windows
folder as well as any you may have added there.
You also have the option of
navigating elsewhere on your system to where you have
downloaded fonts, and then to examine that new font you
downloaded for your project. On the right hand side is
the test panel with the phrase "the quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog" to test each letter and allow you to see
what the font looks like. Of course, you can also test it at
that point with the phrase you want to use yourself. It allows
you to change the size of the font with a slide control or you
can type in the size you want for precision. Love the font?
Then install it from there by right clicking the font name and
choose install. Hate that font that is in your font folder?
You can uninstall it, too, by right click and choosing
uninstall or from the top menu button. (Always be careful when
uninstalling fonts, make sure it is one you have installed
yourself because uninstalling basic Windows fonts can cause
your operating system to fail.)
Keep a copy of your downloaded fonts
in a folder in "my docs" or somewhere else accessible on
your PC to check which are safe to uninstall. You can
also make collections of your favorite fonts, add them to your
system fonts, use them, then delete them without harming any
of your system files.
This is especially useful for PC
systems with not so much memory or processing power, as very
large font folders can significantly slow down your system
when loading programs such as Photoshop, Elements, etc. You
can use drag and drop to add files to any of these
collections, or copy and paste if you prefer. It is a
really neat program with lots of features that will help in
the process of scrapbook page making.
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