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Old 05 April 2002, 11:09 AM
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Is there anywhere i can print off examples of the most commonly used fonts.
I'm sure there's an easy answer to this,but i dont know it.

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Old 05 April 2002, 11:33 AM
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Most commonly used where?

If you mean on the web, then stick to Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif, TNR.

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Old 05 April 2002, 12:46 PM
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Fosters,thats the sort of thing i'm after.Its for viewing in print what fonts i have on photoshop.
If you could do that ,thanks.

Paul.

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Just double click on any font in the fonts folder. (This is NT and 2000 btw).

It then brings up a dialog box with an example of the font which you can print.

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All very well if you know the font you wish to print. I do alot of design work and this is an easy way to scan printed (or on the screen for that matter) fonts for what I'm after.

I'll post the link l8r.
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Control Panel|Fonts, double click the font you want and hit the Print button.
Old 05 April 2002, 04:25 PM
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Thanks,this is what i'm after,
http://communities.msn.com/WebDesign/fontslist.msnw

I've just printed them off.

Fosters,if you get time over the weekend i'd still like to use your program to get a complete list.
Thanks
Paul
Old 05 April 2002, 05:37 PM
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As promised...

Send Installed fonts to an html file (exe)
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example for all you cautious types...
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Fosters,thanks for that...........exactly what i was after.

Cheers
Paul
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no probs

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Nice one fosters, been after something like that for a while

Andy
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I wrote an app that builds an html page with every font you have on your system (I have over a thousand and it's a pain without them on A4 paper)

If you haven't found a solution by this afternoon, I'll post a link to my app.

Mike

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