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10.5: View font previews in the Finder
Mon, Nov 26 2007 at 7:30AM PST • Submitted by dj_feare 		Desktop
I searched this site as well as the "300 new features" on Apple.com before submitting and couldn't find this in either place. It seems kind of a "DUH!" feature, but still blew me away as one of the handiest things ever, especially for designers and font freaks.

In column view, select any font file (I tested TTF, OpenType, and both screen and printer Postscript fonts), and flip down the preview triangle to see a preview of the font in Uppercase A-Z, Lowercase A-Z, and numbers. In icon view, list view, and the small icon of column view, the font icon shows "Ag" in the corresponding font (I guess that means this is a 'Silver' medal hint. Hehe.)

Cover Flow view flips through larger "Ag" previews, and Quick Look shows a big Alphabet preview. Thanks Apple! It's the little touches like these that make me a 20-year Mac fan.

[robg adds: As expected, you can also see this in the preview icon in the Inspector/Get Info windows.]
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10.5: View font previews in the Finder
By: luigi193 on Mon, Nov 26 2007 at 8:21AM PST
Hey Silver medal...pretty funny!
10.5: View font previews in the Finder
By: MJCube on Mon, Nov 26 2007 at 11:04AM PST
Excellent! I’ve been waiting for this for 6 years! I guess this feature is so easy to discover that they felt no need to document it, but the fact is a lot of users won’t think to try it.
10.5: View font previews in the Finder
By: boredzo on Mon, Nov 26 2007 at 1:31PM PST
Is there a way to change it to the pangram that System 7 showed when you Got Info on a font suitcase?
10.5: View font previews in the Finder
By: UberFu on Fri, Dec 7 2007 at 6:44AM PST
As a long time Designer and Mac Lifer - I was doing this very thing this morning_ First noticed the Icons in List view_ Then thought to check out QuickView and CoverFlow - Wow !!

Still slow to remember CoverFlow and QuickView - but coming around_
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