Has anybody found a font browser solution as great as FontExplorer on Mac, for Windows?
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Doubtful, there's always Opicon, which is open source and written in Java if you're looking for something free.
However, I recommend you look at the answers provided at "What is the best (free) Font Explorer ..." question @ SO.
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Windows Fonts Explorer 3.6.2 (Screenshots)
This was recently endorsed by the Lifehacker blog as well.
There's also NexusFont, hosted at xiles.net.
AMP Font Viewer is a free program that features stuff like:
- Being able to type up a test sample to see how it will render in the font
- Install/uninstall of fonts from your computer
- Allows you to group fonts for easy reference. E.g. You have a go to set for particular jobs, you can group them all and quick pull them up to flick through
- Screen list of the fonts you have installed with the names in their respective typefaces
I use Suitcase for Windows. It has all I need and an excellent InDesign and Illustrator integration.
I also tried FontExpert. It has a lot of features but the UI is a little bloated.
Old question I know - but it came up again and was redirected to here, and I've got one to add that isn't on the lists.
I've been using "The Font Thing" by a woman named Sue Fisher for years. Not sure if it's like "FontExplorer" but it's handy for viewing multiple fonts, as well as organizing and installing/uninstalling sets of fonts.
And it's free. :) It was last updated in 1999 but never really needed any more added to it (for my needs anyway).
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html
I don't think I've tested it with anything newer than XP myself, but I would be surprised if it didn't work in Vista and 7.