liu wrote:
What program can you organize Windows fonts by styles instead of in alphabeticorder when accessing font from a program such as Photoshop or Illustrator? I remember the old days in Mac that I can put different fonts in different folders and they would be grouped together (maybe with suitcase or just the OS). Is there something similar on Windows? It’s really time consuming when searching for a font from a long list.
Thanks for any info!
To get back to your original question, there’s no way to do this automatically, because the panose font descriptions are very seldom accurate, even if they’re there at all. Many programs let you select fonts based on the panose settings. It’s a pity that font creators, being artists, think that their work is finished once the basic artwork and functionality are completed. Entering the necessary information in Fontographer or FontLab requires a multiplicity of selections from multiple pull-downs, some of which appear to conflict with each other, whose meanings aren’t always self-evident, and many of the settings are highly subjective (they weren’t meant to be that way, but they are).
So YOU would have to categorize and organize your own font collection using whatever criteria work for you.
As Armadillo said, there are many programs that will group fonts. He mentioned two of the best; I also like Printers Apprentice.
Unfortunately, such programs are all ‘third party’ and not integrated into applications. They let you group fonts for activation and use; but once activated, they are undifferentiated when they appear in application font lists. I imagine it might be possible for someone to create an application-specific macro or plug-in that would display a specific FontManager-based font listing.
– Character