The Font Thing

Publisher's description of The Font Thing

From Sue Fisher: Browse installed and uninstalled TrueType fonts, viewing sample text, individual characters, and detailed font information. Easy font-management functions let you install, uninstall, print, copy, or delete any number of fonts at once. You can even store your own notes with them, filter them according to type (serif, sans serif, and so on), and group them into collections for convenience. This version lets you choose your font colors, set up drop-down lists of standard text samples, rename font files to avoid conflicts, and load fonts temporarily for use without installing them.

This traditional font browser has a few advanced features that make it a worthy download for designers with large collections of fonts. Upon installation, The Font Thing automatically finds all fonts located on your computer and puts them in a chart for better organization. Next to each entry in the chart is a sentence written in that particular font, enlarged versions of each letter in the alphabet, and detailed information on the font. It is easy to add and remove fonts from this list quickly; organizing and renaming fonts in a collection also is straightforward. We do have one gripe: The Font Thing does not synchronize with other programs, such as image editors. But did we mention that it's free?