FontExpert 2007 Help

Learning FontExpert Views

Contents

The main FontExpert window has several views. Switch between views using tabs along the bottom of the window.

 

Main View

Workspace

Windows Fonts

Folders

Worklist

Groups

DB Search
 

Task Panel

Properties

Tags

 
Text Sample Characters Table

 

  • Windows Fonts view shows the list of currently installed and loaded Windows fonts. These fonts are currently available for all applications. To preview the font, select it from the list.
  • Folders view shows the list of folders. Use this view to browse for font files in your computer’s drives and folders.
  • Worklist view allows you to manage lists of fonts stored as xml files.
  • Groups view allows you to organize fonts into categories.
  • DB Search view allows you to search fonts by font name, keywords, categories, or ratings. The results of a search are displayed in the main view. (Assign keywords, ratings, and categories to fonts in the Tags view.)
  • Main view displays files and folders. For font files, this view displays font samples ("thumbnails").
  • Task Panel displays the commands and titles linked to common tasks.
  • Properties view shows the properties of the currently selected item in the main view.
  • Tags view allows you to assign keywords, ratings, and categories to selected fonts. You can then search for fonts by tags in the DB Search view.
  • Text Sample view shows a sample of text formatted with the font selected in the main view. This view has a toolbar with the list of predefined samples.
  • Characters Table view uses the font selected in the main view to display a table of characters formatted with the selected font. Use the formatting toolbar to choose a font size, zoom in, or zoom out. In the Options area, you can customize the table, specify the number of columns, and change other parameters.
 
 

Tip

You can use the following shortcuts to show views:

Alt+1    - Properties view
Alt+2    - Tags view
Alt+3    - Text Sample view
Alt+4    - Task Panel view
Alt+5    - DB Search view

You can reassign shortcuts in Tools/Customize.