Font viewer for font collectors?

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I have a huge font collection and would like to be able to view them
in an efficient manner rather than opening a file one by one.

What would be the best font viewer aside from fontypython, which unfortunately
has a Mojibake bug on fonts with multibyte characters.

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I have a huge font collection and would like to be able to view them
in an efficient manner rather than opening a file one by one.

What would be the best font viewer aside from fontypython, which unfortunately
has a Mojibake bug on fonts with multibyte characters.

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I have a huge font collection and would like to be able to view them
in an efficient manner rather than opening a file one by one.

What would be the best font viewer aside from fontypython, which unfortunately
has a Mojibake bug on fonts with multibyte characters.

asked Oct 20 '10 at 10:42

Gödel

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I have a huge font collection and would like to be able to view them
in an efficient manner rather than opening a file one by one.

What would be the best font viewer aside from fontypython, which unfortunately
has a Mojibake bug on fonts with multibyte characters.

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I use Font Manager

sudo apt-get install font-manager

screenshot

edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25

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I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.

Features

Select your own font file

Provides font and character information

Character copy-able

Supports TTF/OTF

Supports Icon fonts

Smooth interface

No installation necessary

No server upload necessary

Screenshot

Imgur

edited Dec 5 at 0:39

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There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.

answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48

Oli♦

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Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00

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Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)

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Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:

#! /usr/bin/env bash



cat << __HEADER

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

    <title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>

</head>

<body>

__HEADER



fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily

do

    cat << __BODY

    <hr/>

    <div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">

        <h1>${fontfamily}</h1>

        <p>

            The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>

            0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\

        </p>

    </div>

__BODY



done



cat << __FOOTER

    <hr/>

</body>

</html>

__FOOTER

The script takes an optional first argument, the fc-list pattern to filter on. For example passing :spacing=100 as the argument generates an HTML page of all installed monospace fonts, or pass nothing and see all fonts.

answered Feb 13 at 8:25

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I`ve created simple SVG font viewer

http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/

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I use Font Manager

sudo apt-get install font-manager

screenshot

edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25

Zanna

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answered Oct 20 '10 at 16:50

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up vote
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I use Font Manager

sudo apt-get install font-manager

screenshot

edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25

Zanna

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answered Oct 20 '10 at 16:50

JanC

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up vote
23
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I use Font Manager

sudo apt-get install font-manager

screenshot

edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25

Zanna

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answered Oct 20 '10 at 16:50

JanC

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I use Font Manager

sudo apt-get install font-manager

screenshot

edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25

Zanna

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answered Oct 20 '10 at 16:50

JanC

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edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25

Zanna

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edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25

Zanna

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edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25

Zanna

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answered Oct 20 '10 at 16:50

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answered Oct 20 '10 at 16:50

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up vote
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I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.

Features

Select your own font file

Provides font and character information

Character copy-able

Supports TTF/OTF

Supports Icon fonts

Smooth interface

No installation necessary

No server upload necessary

Screenshot

Imgur

edited Dec 5 at 0:39

answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10

bluejamesbond

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up vote
16
down vote

I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.

Features

Select your own font file

Provides font and character information

Character copy-able

Supports TTF/OTF

Supports Icon fonts

Smooth interface

No installation necessary

No server upload necessary

Screenshot

Imgur

edited Dec 5 at 0:39

answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10

bluejamesbond

26125

add a comment |

up vote
16
down vote

I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.

Features

Select your own font file

Provides font and character information

Character copy-able

Supports TTF/OTF

Supports Icon fonts

Smooth interface

No installation necessary

No server upload necessary

Screenshot

Imgur

edited Dec 5 at 0:39

answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10

bluejamesbond

26125

I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.

Features

Select your own font file

Provides font and character information

Character copy-able

Supports TTF/OTF

Supports Icon fonts

Smooth interface

No installation necessary

No server upload necessary

Screenshot

Imgur

edited Dec 5 at 0:39

answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10

bluejamesbond

26125

edited Dec 5 at 0:39

answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10

bluejamesbond

26125

answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10

bluejamesbond

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answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10

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up vote
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There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.

answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48

Oli♦

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Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00

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up vote
2
down vote

There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.

answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48

Oli♦

219k85552760

Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.

answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48

Oli♦

219k85552760

There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.

answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48

Oli♦

219k85552760

answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48

Oli♦

219k85552760

answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48

Oli♦

219k85552760

answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48

Oli♦

219k85552760

Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00

add a comment |

Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00

Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)

answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29

sdf

211

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up vote
2
down vote

Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)

answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29

sdf

211

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up vote
2
down vote

Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)

answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29

sdf

211

Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)

answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29

sdf

211

answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29

sdf

211

answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29

sdf

211

answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29

sdf

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up vote
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Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:

#! /usr/bin/env bash



cat << __HEADER

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

    <title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>

</head>

<body>

__HEADER



fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily

do

    cat << __BODY

    <hr/>

    <div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">

        <h1>${fontfamily}</h1>

        <p>

            The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>

            0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\

        </p>

    </div>

__BODY



done



cat << __FOOTER

    <hr/>

</body>

</html>

__FOOTER

answered Feb 13 at 8:25

nharward

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up vote
2
down vote

Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:

#! /usr/bin/env bash



cat << __HEADER

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

    <title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>

</head>

<body>

__HEADER



fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily

do

    cat << __BODY

    <hr/>

    <div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">

        <h1>${fontfamily}</h1>

        <p>

            The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>

            0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\

        </p>

    </div>

__BODY



done



cat << __FOOTER

    <hr/>

</body>

</html>

__FOOTER

answered Feb 13 at 8:25

nharward

211

add a comment |

up vote
2
down vote

Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:

#! /usr/bin/env bash



cat << __HEADER

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

    <title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>

</head>

<body>

__HEADER



fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily

do

    cat << __BODY

    <hr/>

    <div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">

        <h1>${fontfamily}</h1>

        <p>

            The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>

            0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\

        </p>

    </div>

__BODY



done



cat << __FOOTER

    <hr/>

</body>

</html>

__FOOTER

answered Feb 13 at 8:25

nharward

211

Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:

#! /usr/bin/env bash



cat << __HEADER

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

    <title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>

</head>

<body>

__HEADER



fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily

do

    cat << __BODY

    <hr/>

    <div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">

        <h1>${fontfamily}</h1>

        <p>

            The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>

            0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\

        </p>

    </div>

__BODY



done



cat << __FOOTER

    <hr/>

</body>

</html>

__FOOTER

answered Feb 13 at 8:25

nharward

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answered Feb 13 at 8:25

nharward

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nharward

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I`ve created simple SVG font viewer

http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/

answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09

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up vote
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I`ve created simple SVG font viewer

http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/

answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09

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up vote
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down vote

I`ve created simple SVG font viewer

http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/

answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09

iegik

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I`ve created simple SVG font viewer

http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/

answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09

iegik

1,2121113

answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09

iegik

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answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09

iegik

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answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09

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