"Font Viewer for Windows 7"

[elnorac]

One Little TheFontThing Problem

Just discovered that it won't let me put Open Type fonts into a collection, only True Type. I'm sure I'm just doing something wrong... Normally I put fonts into collections by dragging from an open window of fonts. Is there a way to point TFT to a specific folder? I see Browse, but no way to specify where it should go. Ugh. Thanks.

 

[gale]

Just discovered that it won't let me put Open Type fonts into a collection, only True Type. I'm sure I'm just doing something wrong... Normally I put fonts into collections by dragging from an open window of fonts. Is there a way to point TFT to a specific folder? I see Browse, but no way to specify where it should go. Ugh. Thanks.

I don't use collections. I put my fonts into subfolders within a big folder of uninstalled fonts. Then click the browse tab and navigate to where I store them.

 

[8Cats]

To Fallstar - I just recently got a new computer with Windows 7 after years and years of using WinXP. I thought I'd be lost without The Font Thing, but tried you suggestion and it works. Thank you!

To Scarfe - Also took your advice and downloaded Ampsoft's Font Viewer. Thank you also.

Happy New Year!

 

[Katnapper]

Thank you, thank you, Fallstar!!!

It looks as though "The Font Thing" will not work with Windows 7.

Go to the website's download page at LINK and download the non-installer, the second version labeled as Zipped EXE and help files (483K). The installer-package version is apparently not compatible with W7 (or 64-bit, which is what I run).

I unzipped the contents into a folder I named The Font Thing in my downloads folder, then double click the tft.exe file to launch it. If you get a popup/notification just click OK, and The Font Thing will run. Granted it's a little quirky at times, but it's useable.

Another *BIG* thank you, Fallstar, for this work-around! I'm also a dedicated fan of The Font Thing, and this solution worked perfectly for me. Thank you so very much again!!!!

 

[dsperber]

Would like to try The Font Viewer, but Sophos A/V prevents access to the site as a malware host:

High Risk Website Blocked

• Location: members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html
• Access has been blocked as the threat Mal/HTMLGen-A has been found on this website.

Anybody have a "safe" source for the ZIP file referenced file above in this thread that does not include the SETUP.EXE installer, but rather is just the product files themselves?

Thanks.

 

[dsperber]

Just in passing, one of the "Best Free Font Managers" sites I passed through highly recommended NexusFont for Windows.

I downloaded and installed it. Seems to give me what I'm looking for and is "modern", i.e. it installs and runs on Win7 x64 without problem, and does not have a "legacy Win98 appearance".

 

[dsperber]

It looks as though "The Font Thing" will not work with Windows 7.

Go to the website's download page at LINK and download the non-installer, the second version labeled as Zipped EXE and help files (483K). The installer-package version is apparently not compatible with W7 (or 64-bit, which is what I run).

Can you please post this non-installer ZIP file... perhaps as an ATTACHMENT on this forum? Maybe on some FTP site or other location you have access to for upload, and that from which I can download "safely"?

The web site pointed to by your link is rated "malware" by Sophos A/V (which I run) and I can't get get to it either with Firefox or IE. I know, I can turn off Sophos and overcome the "danger" but if the site is reported negatively I'd rather not take a chance.

As I mentioned in my earlier reply, based on the comments made in this thread and my search for a true Win7-compatible installer/product, I have installed the Nexus Font Manager which seems quite powerful, friendly, and worthwhile. But I'd like to at least try this orphan/legacy "The Font Thing" that seems to have so many admirers.

Still looking for some place out there to download the non-installer ZIP version of the product, but which is NOT the "malware reported" site of the author.

Thanks.

 

[darren13]

(edit: re 'The Font Thing')

Fallstar & OP - thank you both.

I've been looking for just this kind of thing to view multiple fonts at once for ages.

Couldn't find a way to do it with any of my Adobe software (which I think to be honest is a short-coming if it's not there, considering the pedigree of products such as Illustrator / PS etc)

Magic guys,

Thanks

 

[Oaken]

Another vote for Nexus Font...

Nexus Font: Gizmo's Best Free Font Manager Selection

Been using this for months and can't fault it!

 

[cprice12]

I am a long time Font Thing user and was bummed when I read it wasn't compatible with Win7.
Some good suggestions here.

1) The Font Thing - Non-Installer package. I don't like the flakiness of TFT in Win 7. Random errors, and it locks up when trying to install fonts. No thanks.

2) NexusFont - Nice...but when viewing my 350+ dingbats at 36pt or so, it really bogs down and runs choppy...the pointer will freeze for 5-6 seconds at a time when I try to scroll down to see more fonts. I have a new Intel i5 with 4gb of ram, so my computer is plenty fast. I thought my whole computer froze for a moment, but it was just really choppy. Because of the choppiness of it, it's not usable for me. If it didn't run choppy, I'd LOVE this program.

3) AMP Font Viewer - Very nice...and a little more like The Font Thing. Although, it would be nice to see a list of installed and uninstalled fonts in the same view where I can just scroll through them all instead of going back and forth. But not a big deal. I like how you can preview an entire folder of fonts at once. I have chosen to use AMP instead of The Font Thing.

Both NexusFont and AMP Font Viewer seem better than The Font Thing, and once I get used to AMP, I'm sure I will like it a lot more. So this TFT not being compatible with Win 7 is a blessing in disguise.

Thanks guys.

 

[geecee]

Came across this site whilst googling for "The Font Thing for Windows".

I have Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit OS but I thought I would give Fallstar's solution a go and YES, it works perfectly. Well so far anyway.

I used only The Font Thing prior to getting a computer with Windows Vista OS and when I found out I couldn't use it with the new system, I installed AMP Font Viewer which I found to be OK but I didn't care for it as much as The Font Thing so, when I gave Fallstar's solution a go and found that it worked, I immediately switched over and am once again happy to be using it.

Many thanks Fallstar even though it's two years late.

 

[mariezee]

Thank you for the help in being able to use The Font Thing with Windows 7. Fallstar, I followed your instructions and was able to open TFT, however, I am not able to install any of my special collected fonts I opened the zip in my Downloads folder and into a new folder ( TFT ). The fonts I want to install are in a folder in Docs. Am I doing something wrong? I would greatly appreciate any help as I have been using TFT for yrs and loved it.

Thanks
Marie

 

[dsperber]

I've recently acquired another font-related product (probably for no real good reason), named Typograf.

It's from the same people who sell "Security Task Manager" which is a product I've been using for years if I don't want to spend the effort to get into TASKMGR.

Anyway, Typograf is very nice. Free trial if you want to experiment.

 

[dsperber]

The fonts I want to install are in a folder in Docs. Am I doing something wrong?

Why not just select the one or more fonts you want to install from that folder in Docs, and right-click and select INSTALL??

 

[geecee]

Thank you for the help in being able to use The Font Thing with Windows 7. Fallstar, I followed your instructions and was able to open TFT, however, I am not able to install any of my special collected fonts I opened the zip in my Downloads folder and into a new folder ( TFT ). The fonts I want to install are in a folder in Docs. Am I doing something wrong? I would greatly appreciate any help as I have been using TFT for yrs and loved it.

Thanks
Marie

I have Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit OS and I don't know how much different it is to Windows 7. Like you, however, I cannot install a font from a file in Documents though no problem from a CD.

Sorry, all I can suggest is what dsperber has suggested:

Why not just select the one or more fonts you want to install from that folder in Docs, and right-click and select INSTALL??

 

[mariezee]

Thank you all for your help! After many many tries....I finally got TFT to work for me!
I am so happy I have it back again Thanks again, Fallstar!