Hi Daniel, Thank you for the hint. I am just looking at it now. So far have not found “Font Panel” but Font Book is now in the dock.
Cheers Walter *** > On 7 Jun 2022, at 13:52 , Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Walter > > This link may help - > https://www.maketecheasier.com/preview-fonts-osx/ > > In Mail you can hit Command-T to show Font manager. Then (Depending on > version of macOS), you can click the little circle with dots in top left > corner and choose “Show Preview” if not already showing. > In Font Book if have that in Dock, you can hit Command-Option-I (letter i) to > show/hide Preview pane. > OpenOffice may have something similar, or a setting you can tick to show > fonts in format. > > There used to be a key you could hold down and click on the fontmenu and it > would do it. Like hold down Option and click on Font menu. Or something like > that. But that was many many many many versions back and I think it got > removed or long forgotten about and dropped. > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 12 Pro > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > p : 0414 795 960 > e : <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > w : <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > > >> On 7 Jun 2022, at 1:33 pm, FW <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> Yes works well in Word but not in mail or TextEdit or OpenOffice. >> >> Thanks for your suggestion. >> >> Cheers >> >> Walter >> >>> On 5 Jun 2022, at 22:53 , Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Walter. >>> >>> If you open Word then click on the Font Style in the upper left of Menu Bar >>> you will get a dropdown of the fonts. >>> >>>> On 5 Jun 2022, at 7:16 pm, FW <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Good evening people, >>>> >>>> some operating systems ago I used to be able to display the font list in >>>> their actual styles rather than having to select each font >>>> to see the style. E.g. when working with Preview, Mail, TextEdit, >>>> OpenOffice etc. >>>> >>>> When I am looking for a font that shows the 0 [zero] with diagonal line I >>>> don’t want to open 40 fonts to find it. >>>> [someone told me Monaco is the one I was looking for] >>>> >>>> How can this be done in Mojave 10.14.6 ? I can’t remember which setting >>>> had to be changed. >>>> >>>> Had a look at FontBook settings but didn’t find the trick. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Walter >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> Stephen Chape >>> >>> Mac by choice >>> Windows because my employer knew no better >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
