It is always advisable to identify an appropriate font for your text. One way to achieve this is to first type text and apply every font available on your computer. This can be both time consuming and wasteful. Instead, you can use various font viewer applications that can make it easy to pick the right font to fit the occasion. Two such applications are "The Font Thing" and "Font Viewer". Let us take a look at these applications in detail.

THE FONT THING:

The Font Thing is an excellent application to view multiple fonts. To make it more effective, you need to use it in a particular way. Just follow the instructions below.

o Finalize the fonts that you require. Decide which font suits your need based on the classification listed above.

o This application is free to dowwnload. click "Download Now". Save the "tfti.zip" file. Unzip the contents and double-click the "Setup. exe" file to complete the installation,

o Click the "TFT" icon to start the application and to view the fonts of your choice.

o Presuming that the fonts finalized are decorative in nature, click "None" appearing on the base tray to clear out selected fonts.

o Next, click the "Multiple" tab on the top to view an array of selected fonts.

o By default, the text in the text box is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". Add the same text in upper case to check how all the alphabets look.

o Click on all the fonts you need to compare by clicking the font name while holding down the [Ctrl] key.

o On the slider below, increase the font size to "11". This makes it easier to view the text

o Now you can compare and also check the character map by clicking the "Characters" tab.

FONT VIEWER:

Although the "Font Viewer" application is just like the previous application, it is easier to load because it provides an all in one view for all fonts and font variation. To use the application, carry out the following steps:

o Double-click the setup file to install the application on your computer.


o In the "Text to Display" textbox, type the text "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".

o Click the "Go" button to view all the fonts on your system in the text type above.

o Click on a variation to load it in the "Font Selection" paneL You can also click the "Save" and subsequently load the saved selection to view it later.