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Thread #77303 Message #1377228
Posted By: JohnInKansas
12-Jan-05 - 12:03 AM
Thread Name: Tech: MS Word fonts
Subject: RE: Tech: MS Word fonts
It depends on which version of Word you are using, but in newer versions, in Word you can go to Tools - Customize, and on the Options tab there is a check box you can set to display font choices in their own font.
With this box checked, when you click on the Font dropdown list to select a new font, you'll at least see the name of the font in that font. The caveat is that you may not be able to read the name of some of the several "symbol" fonts.
This option may not be available if you're using one of the older versions of Word.
If you happen to have installed Adobe Type Manager (which is needed to use Adobe Type 1 or Type 2 fonts) you can open Type Manager, and on the "Sets" tab select the fonts you want to print, then File - Print - sample sheet. Type Manager can print all the font types, TrueType, Type1, etc. It does print a separate sheet for each font, so if you select all the fonts you've got, you'll kill a whole forest worth of paper. (Newer versions of Word allow 32,767 fonts per single document, you can have more "installed" if you don't use them all at the same time.)