Windows 7 Introduces New Font Management

Martin | Oct 31, 2008 | Comments

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The options to install, uninstall and manage fonts has not been changed in a Windows operating system since Windows 95. At least not in a remarkable way. The only solution so far was to rely on third party applications that would offer font previews and a comfortable solution to install and uninstall them. The fonts manager was overhauled in Windows 7 and provides a preview of every installed font of the computer system with the option to hide fonts based on language settings.

Each font can be previewed directly in the main fonts menu because three characters (abg) are displayed in the font’s icon. Multiple fonts of the same font family, say Courier New or Arial are stacked together and shown as the font family with information on the available font types shown in the same interface.

A preview of all fonts of a font family is available after double-clicking an icon. A click on a single-font will open a preview window of that font showing all of its characters in various sizes.

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The new font manager is one of many small but very noticeable changes in Windows 7. This is definitely a welcome addition.

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About the Author: Martin Brinkmann is an Online Journalist from Germany who discovered his love for technology in high school. He is currently working as a freelancer for several publications and runs his own Internet website Ghacks

  • Ted
    They should include the option to disable ClearType and replace it with aliased text, right in the font management section.
  • richardsearch
    have installed a Aviation data-base on my hp 110 mini netbook and from the install disc it needs new fonts to be installed...gone to control panel...cannot fathom it out...any takers that can help?
    thanks
    Rick
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