16.18. Managing The Fonts Available on Your System

This tool allows one to review the different font families, styles, and sizes available on the system. It also allows the system administrator to install new fonts, from the local Windows installation or from other sources.

The main window (figure 16-50) even renders a visual appearance of all font combinations.

Figure 16-50. drakfont's Main Window

It allows you to add fonts you downloaded from the Internet, for example, and to remove fonts in order to save space. But the most interesting feature is probably the one that allows you to use the fonts that are available somewhere else on your machine in your Windows installation. Simply click on Get Windows Fonts, and the list of all fonts available on your Windows partitions will be displayed. You may then choose to install some or all of these fonts.

Tip

To select a range of fonts, click on the first font you wish to select, move to the last one to select and click on it while keeping the Shift key pressed. To select individual fonts, hold the Ctrl key down as you click on the selections.


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