Key Features The Font Browser module allows you to: Install new TrueType onscreen and printable fonts to your Windows system, for use with Swift and other popular Windows programs. (The selection of fonts on the disc depends on what product the Font Browser is bundled with.) Preview font character sets in different colors and sizes Review fonts using your own sample text Scroll through an alphabetical list of font names View groupings of fonts using Category buttons and menu options Search for fonts by name using the Find button.
System Requirements The Font Browser requires at least: Windows 98, 2000 or XP Pentium processor or faster 32 MB RAM or more At least 32 MB free disk space
More Background on Fonts Here are a few tips on how to select fonts for your desktop publishing projects: Don't use more than a couple fonts, total, in any one project, except in ransom notes! Using numerous fonts appears busy and is hard on the eyes. Use Standard fonts for large blocks of text, since they are easiest to read. Use the Decorative fonts for formal invitations and greeting cards, for an elegant look. Use the Fun fonts sparingly. Use Sans Serif fonts most often for online documents that will be viewed on the computer monitor. Use Serif fonts more often for print projects.
True Type Fonts True Type fonts are the leading fonts available for personal computers, based on a standard developed jointly by Microsoft and Apple Computers in the 1980s. They are automatically available in many styles and can be scaled to many point sizes, both onscreen and when printed by most popular printers.
Times New Roman font The most popular serif font used in print publications. Serifs are the small extra strokes that are added to the end of the main vertical and horizontal strokes of some fonts, to enhance readability. Serif fonts are the most common choice in printed materials. Fonts without serifs are called sans serif; sans-serif fonts are used more often onscreen.
Arial font The Arial font is the among the most popular sans serif fonts. Fonts that do not include little extra strokes at the ends of the letter lines are called sans serif.
These simpler fonts are often used for headings in printed documents, and for all text in online help and other screen text. Using the Font Browser Help You can open the Font Browser help file in three ways: Select the menu option Help > Contents from the Font Browser main menu Pressing the <Alt> + <H> key combination from the main Font Browser window Pressing the <F1> key from the main Font Browser window.
