Barry Beckham Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 I hope I am not missing the option to do what I am about to suggest. In photoshop you can create text, highlight that text and then highlight the font style box at the top of the screen (the Options bar)Using the cursor control keys (those 4 arrows) you can jump from font to font and see on screen what that font looks like. Its a simple yet very effective way to select a font for a PTE project.I tried to do the same with PTE and although the font name changes in the small box, the on screen font doesn't. You have select the font look at it, select another and so on, which is a bit tedious. It would be a great way to be able to quickly scroll down the fonts and select one for the slide show being created Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fh1805 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Barry,I'm with you on this. It would be a really useful additional feature to be able to preview the fonts in the manner that you describe; especially now that the vectored fonts in v6.0 give such precise appearances at all sizes.regards,Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 I seem to remember suggesting this about 12 months ago, but it didn't get any enthusiasm. I thought it had been changed in V6, but as I haven't tried V6 yet couldn't check.Yachtsman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 I seem to remember suggesting this about 12 months ago, but it didn't get any enthusiasm. I thought it had been changed in V6, but as I haven't tried V6 yet couldn't check.Yachtsman1Just found my post here.http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9287&view=&hl=fonts&fromsearch=1What goes around comes around.Yachtsman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Dave GI picked up your earlier post in reply to EricEric,If you type some text into O&A then go to Properties you can outline the text font and use your up and down arrows on't' keyboard to step through the different fonts and see how they look on the screen in real time.I find that this is a good enough procedure - would you agree?DaveG It doesn't seem to work in PTE Bete 20 now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Sorry Barry we beg to differ once again. The example I mentioned 12 months ago in Elements 6 is pictured below. Click style and the drop down panel displays the many font styles, couldn't be simpler.Regards EricYachtsman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Barry,I agree - it works in 5.6.4 (XP and Vista) but does not work in PTE 6_20.DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Beckham Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 EricThat is not what I am talking about at all, what I suggested is something different, so don't fret and you don't have to differ either. DaveJust tried v5.6 and it does still work in that version just as I was suggesting in my post, so perhaps it is something that Igor has to address. I suppose I should have tried v5.6 before I put finger to keysHowever, I rarely use fonts in PTE preferring the greater styles in Photoshop, so I wasn't as familiar with the PTE text controls. At least we have highlighted the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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