Wordmark.it lets you clearly preview fonts installed on your computer

One of the most time consuming activities in graphic and Web design is the picking of fonts. It's basically a crap shoot: there's no way to see what text will look like until after you've selected a font -- and when you have a list of 200 fonts to get through, the process can be painstakingly tiresome. That's where Wordmark.it comes in; it's a Web app that scans your computer for installed fonts, and then shows you clearly what they look like.

It's delightfully simple: visit Wordmark.it, type your word or phrase into the text box at the top, and click "load fonts". Before you know it, a wall of beautiful fonts will appear, making the process of picking the right one so much easier. You can make the samples bigger or smaller, too, or even invert the text so that it's white-on-black.

Incidentally, if you use Word 2007 or 2010, the font selector actually applies the font to selected text as you scroll through the list. Photoshop, on the other hand, doesn't -- which is why tools like Wordmark.it exist!

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