unicode enabled tool to preview and choose font?

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peter - 28 Dec 2005 15:33 GMT

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.

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Klaus Linke - 30 Dec 2005 10:39 GMT

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

> 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
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> once. I also need this tool to be unicode enabled -- and can deal with
> Chinese, Japanese, etc.

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peter - 01 Jan 2006 23:22 GMT

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

> Hi Peter,
>
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> Regards,
> Klaus

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Klaus Linke - 04 Jan 2006 11:39 GMT

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

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

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<*)))))><{ - 22 Jan 2006 07:57 GMT

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.

<*)))))><{
Fishy@Ocean.Net

|Hi Peter,
|
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|> once. I also need this tool to be unicode enabled -- and can deal with
|> Chinese, Japanese, etc.

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