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Font browsing lets you quickly scan hundreds of fonts on your system. With 's innovative font display style, you can easily find the perfect font regardless of the number of fonts on your system. |

Font Browsing and Viewing 's font support is designed to allow you to quickly and easily browse through any number of fonts.

To see font thumbnailing in action, simply open any folder containing font files with . If you still have automatic thumbnailing enabled, the fonts will be thumbnailed automatically.

Fonts do not have to be installed on your computer for to browse them. This allows you to browse fonts on CD-Roms, or fonts you have downloaded from the internet.

The Font Thumbnail
The font thumbnail provides you with several key things. It is designed to not only give you the look and feel of the font, but also information you may need if you decide to install this font or use it in another program.

| The Sample 'E' The most noticeable part of the font thumbnail is the large, light blue letter 'E.' This letter is usually very distinctive for each font. The size and color of this letter make it easy to quickly scan entire directories of fonts and locate a particular style - by watching the 'E.'

More Sample Letters On the right side of the thumbnail are sample letters from the font. Each character is shown in upper and lower case. Numbers are also shown. The number of characters displayed depends on the width of the font. If fewer characters are shown, you know this is a large font. |

| The Font Name At the bottom of each font thumbnail, the name of the font is displayed. If you want to use this font from within a program, this is the name you should look for. The name is written in a standard font to ensure that it is easily readable regardless of the font style or content.

The File Name
Finally, underneath the font thumbnail, the filename of the font is displayed. If you choose to install this font, this is the filename you'll want to look for.

Viewing Fonts
If you would like to get a closer look at a font, simply double click on the thumbnail. The font will be displayed in the Image Viewer and will be much larger. From here you can zoom in to get a closer look, or zoom out to see the text smaller.

Cataloging Fonts
You may find it useful to keep a catalog of your fonts on hand. With 's font thumbnailing and Picture Indexing, you can easily create a catalog of all your fonts.

To create a font catalog:

1. | Open the folder containing the fonts in .
2. | Select the fonts you would like to include in your catalog.
3. | Click the Picture Index button on the main toolbar.
4. | Use the Picture Index screen to customize the layout and settings to your satisfaction.
5. | Click 'Create' to start the catalog process!

For more information on the settings available for cataloging fonts or images, see the Picture Index documentation.

Sample Text
For some samples of 's text feature with different fonts and styles, visit our Text and Font page.

Troubleshooting Font Problems
Some systems have been known to encounter problems when thumbnailing fonts. This problem has been traced to system bios and video drivers. If you encounter crashes or other strange behavior when thumbnailing fonts, contact your computer's manufacturer for updated system bios and video drivers.

Related Topics:

- Thumbnails
- Placing Text on Images
- Creating Picture Indexes