Font Catalog - Type reference tool to identify fonts; typoscope for the typophile

FontCatalog is a font viewer/manager developed having graphics professional in mind. FontCatalog allows you to view all your activated fonts, neatly grouped by category and styles. FontCatalog also lets you activate and deactivate fonts for local or system-wide use.

FontCatalog is especially useful for identifying a font. Type some words and compare with a printed sample. It's fast and effective! Graphic Designer: Use FontCatalog to determine the best typeface for your next project. Choose a category and a style; then list all typefaces in this group. FontCatalog will even search and show uninstalled fonts in the selected style!

Sample text in hundreds of fonts -- simultaneously. Graphic designers use this feature to find the right typographic look for their next creative project.

FontCatalog presents your fonts neatly organized in the following categories:

￭ Text Sans Serif
Styles: Grotesk, Geometric and Humanist

￭ Text Serif
Styles: Oldstyle, Transitional, Modern, Slab Serif, Variant and Glyphic

￭ Display
Styles: Serif, Sans Serif, Decorative, Fantasy, Western, Condensed, Cybernetic, Distorted, Outline, Square and Ultra Heavy.

￭ Script
Styles: Formal, Casual, Brush, Blackletter and Calligraphy.

￭ Art & Pi
Styles: Dingbat, Symbol, Ornament, Picture and Language.

Limitations:

￭ 10 fully-functional tryout runs.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· 3 New styles: Text Serif->Glyphic; Display->Square; Display->Ultra Heavy
· Renamed 2 Styles: Display Classic is now Display Serif; Display Contemporary is now Display Sans Serif
· Increased classification database with 5000 for a total of 9500 pre-classified font family names
· Shortcut for re-classifying font: Cmd-R
· Scroll samples with arrow keys, page up/down, home, end.
· Change sort order instantly. Click on Sample bar to order by width or by name.
· Progress bar is more accurate when loading fonts.
· Improved accuracy in cataloging of different font types: TTF, Type1, dfont, OTF, Windows TTF