make a font-list?

[sambo.]

wotcha;

i'm using Indesign 2 and have a lot of fonts installed.

i'd like to generate an (several sheets of)A4 quick-reference card/list thingo that would basically be:

<font name>
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z [ ] \ ; ' , . /
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z { } : " < > ?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +

in each of the font's i have installed.

i thought Automator might help, but as i'm brand new to OS-X (and deadline looms) i'm not sure how to do it.

any ideas or help would be much appreciated.
cheers
sambo.

 

[Blue Velvet]

You could try something like Fontbook ($10 Shareware)
http://lemkesoft.com/en/fontbook.htm

A quick Google will turn up a number of font utilities...

You can also try VersionTracker
http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/cat/fonttools

 

[Blue Velvet]

Oh, and there's also LinoType's recent FontExplorer. It's free and may be able to print sample sheets... I use Suitcase so haven't downloaded and tried it yet.

http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX

 

[sambo.]

w007!

thanx for the links, i checked VersionTracker and found FontDoc 1.1.2 which neatly fulfills my needs.
cheers
sambo.

 

[yenko]

wotcha;

i'm using Indesign 2 and have a lot of fonts installed.

i'd like to generate an (several sheets of)A4 quick-reference card/list thingo that would basically be:

<font name>
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z [ ] \ ; ' , . /
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z { } : " < > ?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +

in each of the font's i have installed.

i thought Automator might help, but as i'm brand new to OS-X (and deadline looms) i'm not sure how to do it.

any ideas or help would be much appreciated.
cheers
sambo.

Have you tried the TextEdit App?

 

[Lau]

Just for the record, FontParade prints a list of your fonts (one line of text specified by you). Means you can get a sample of all your fonts on 10-20 pages or so.

And eBookfaces makes a fairly extensive character page, but you have to do each one separately.

Anyway, glad you found something.

By the way, just started using FontExplorer, and it is very good indeed....