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How to Browse Your Computer’s Installed Fonts


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What is your favorite font in the entire universe? So help me – don’t tell me it’s Comic Sans MS. Everyone has a favorite, even if it happens to be one that no one else likes. Did you know that there is a Lockergnome font? I used to feature several different fonts in the old days of the newsletter that I send out. Of course, that’s evolved over time, and now intersting links from across our community – as well as some great savings!

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Safari Font Problems

Rich Menga had a Safari font problem in Windows:

I know you’re a busy guy, but if you or someone you know could find the answer as to why this is occurring, it’d be greatly appreciated. I have read on other blogs that people have been able to use this without any problems. I’m hoping you or someone else could find out why the blank-out’s happen.

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Tweak Your ClearType Font Settings

There’s all this talk about Windows Safari fonts looking fuzzy. Duncan Riley:

Yes it’s quick, but it doesn’t support Aero in Vista. And then there is the font rendering. WTF? Chris Pirillo tells me on Flickr that it’s something to do with settings so I’ll have to play with it some more but the first impression Windows users are going to get is terrible: fuzzy, hard to read fonts.

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DOS Fonts

Yes, you can easily change your command line font – so long as you’re running in a full screen session. I used to do this all the time (when DOS ruled the Earth). I’m not talking about changing the font in Windows, mind you – anybody can do that. Here’s a set of “.COM” files I collected back in the day, including a free DOS font editor from PC Magazine. They’re completely safe to use.

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