FontExpert 2011 Help

Text Sample View

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Tip

You can show the Text Sample view by pressing the shortcut: Alt+3.


 

The Text Sample view view shows a sample of the currently selected font in the main view.

To open the Text Sample view popup menu, right click on any area of the view.

You can choose the type of sample text from the drop down list on the toolbar: Alphabet, Text Sample, Symbols, or Numbers.

To load a text sample from a text file, choose Load Text from File... from the popup menu.

You can choose the foreground and background color for the sample text by clicking the desired colors on the toolbar.

To customize the text of the sample, choose Tools/Options... from the main menu.

  
 
Customizing text displayed in Text Sample view
Text displayed in text sample can be edited in Options. Text can include Unicode symbols. You also can copy sample text from Microsoft Word (or any other text processor or text editor):
 
Then paste the copied text into the Text Sample options area by pressing the Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut:
 


IMPORTANT NOTE

If you want to automatically save typed text as a text sample, use "My Text Sample 1" sample. For this text sample FontExpert automatically saves the text you type in Text Sample view to Options and uses this text as the text sample.
 

Kerning
Kerning is the process of improving font appearance and legibility by adjusting the white space between certain paired characters, such as 'To', 'Te', or 'VA', which are known as kerning pairs. Many fonts include a kerning table with predefined, font-specific kerning pairs.

Select View/Text Sample/Draw Text with Kerning (Read Only) from the main menu to turn on or off kerning in the Text Sample view. Or you can click the corresponding button on the Text Sample toolbar.
Unkerned text ( button is not pressed):

 
Kerned text ( button is pressed):

Choose Show Kerning Pairs... from the popup menu to display all kerning pairs defined in the selected font:
 

See also:
Contents, Windows Fonts view, Folders view, Worklist view, Groups view, Characters Table view, Main view, Properties view