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Hello again!

Did you spend a nice week-end? I hope so!
I created a new widget: It is dialog-box to allow font selection. Font preview is included! See this nice screenshot:



It is very simple, but can save you some hours of work
It is a self-contained group, that you can use simply by copy/paste the group in your stacks!

Visit my site to get more information, and to download this new widget for free (don't forget that every widget is free, free like a free beer! Use it in you commercial and non-commercial projects!).

You can visit RunRev Widgets at:
http://runrevwidgets.com/wiki/tiki-view ... p?blogId=1

Hi Ale,

Thanks for the widget. Looks nice. It would be cool if I could use it to view the content of any font file on my hard disk, rather than just those installed.

Best,

Mark

Thank you for your feedback, I will investigate more.
Currently I can say the solution for your proposal is not so easy, since Windows uses system fonts, and RunRev uses installed fonts to use them.
I think we could find a way like this:
1) user select a font from a custom-directory
2) we install that font so we can use it.
3) the user can decide if maintain the font or remove it.

Alternatively...

ale870 wrote:1) user select a font from a custom-directory
2) we install that font so we can use it.

3) Set some sample text in that font and capture it as a graphic
4) Uninstall the font, leaving the graphic image of the font on display

Untried, don't know if there would be any 'gotchas' with this approach - but it seems straight-forward to me.

k