[preview] Avefontbook

Heya all,

I recently started on a FontBook-clone (because of a request by Juno and made some progress. Windows font APIs are not really... ehrmmm... nice :rolleyes: , so it's a tough job.

I don't know if I will work on this again soon or will have time/possibility to drop by at the A-S boards, so I was thinking why not give out a preview version to the nice folks at aqua-soft (I hope Juno forgives me for this).

Screenie

Screenshot Big 1

Screenshot Big 2

What can it do?

Shows installed fonts
Display not installed fonts
Add "fonts collections"
Add fonts to certain collections
give some detailed information (copyright etc) about the selected font
give you a nice looking brushed window with alpha-blended borders

What it can't it do / On the stack for a feature version

Disable/Enable fonts (this requires some more ****ty, not documented, work)
Sum up / show italic, bold etc fontstyles (lazyness)
a proper font-preview thing instead of a editbox (again, lazyness)

Note

There might be some ****ty bugs / lock-ups. Remember, the application is not finished yet.

And yeah, the icon is from another app by me. Need a good one, need help on that (hint).

Disclaimer

This application is not finished and is experimental and in testing fase. Use it on own risk. It might **** your system up maybe. I take no responsibility for any damage that might be possible occur by using this application.

Download

http://mpj.tomaatnet.nl/Fontbook.zip

Enjoy it and have a nice and sunshiny day,

Andreas

#161958

@AV: :bye: :lol:

Thankie thankie... me likey likey.

#161961

it rulez!!! :woot:

#161964

Ave that is absolutely beautiful.

You're going in the news dude.

#161967

AndreasV is a MACHINE!

Addition: Just realized the v1.1 thread's last post by AndreasV mentioned "early May" as a release date unless the soccer fields kidnap him.....

#161970

Ave that is absolutely beautiful.

You are talking about my new haircut? yeah, that's beautiful.

You're going in the news dude.

My new haircut is going in the news? Wow! ...Wait a minute, you are probably talking about the app. >.<

Addition: Just realized the v1.1 thread's last post by AndreasV mentioned "early May" as a release date unless the soccer fields kidnap him.....

Shjit, first I though I just edited that away in your post, but on a second thought I was thinking that that might look inappropriate.

There is some delay in AveDesk 1.1 release. One of the 1.1-team-members recently got an offer for a job of his dreams, so he needed some time to prepare his portfolio and things.

#161973

:blink:

I love all your programs.

Espeacially your skinning engine.

#161984

Originally posted by babypapichulo@May 14 2004, 11:58 PM

Espeacially your skinning engine.

yeap, but if you are NOT moving the window all over the desktop cuz they look good but not when you do that. that must be some kind of problem with the skinning engine i guess :S

and nice job dude !

#161990

My god... way to go and, soon, replace any other Font manager on my rig. Great job Ave, as usual!!

#161994

:woot: :woot: this is awsome ave, great job

keep up the good work (Y)

thnx a lot dude

#162005

...Ave, you are my hero! Great program- definitely my favorite out of the FontBooks!

-nightcrawler1089

#162007

Awesome work Andreas :bye:

Thanks a lot, Aviel.

#162008

This is a good software, but may you add a fuction that is i can change text in preview.

because i am using t.chinese windows, i can't preview t.chinese....

#162054

Enjoy it and have a nice and sunshiny day,
Andreas

Rain for me in Germany!

..But your app looks very cool. I can't wait to see it activating various fonts.

Now i'm using ATM Deluxe for Win. It works good but the dev. stoped 4 years ago!

So i am happy to see a skinable application grew up witch (perhaps) can replace

ATM for me!

Is it possible to save the position of the font-info window? I have to pull it up every time i start your Fontbook.

Anyway.. GREAT

...Cheers

°°°ToNeR°°°

#162102

Great app! I like it!

but, i found one problem, the fonts Lucide MAC and MACgrande both installed didnt display in fonts list.

-DraniX

#162116

hypersummer: 抱歉 An update will soon correct that.

@other requested things: Update when I have time for it.

#162155

Originally posted by AndreasV@May 15 2004, 08:02 PM
hypersummer: 抱歉 An update will soon correct that.

@other requested things: Update when I have time for it.

THANK YOU :woot:

#162221

Originally posted by AndreasV@May 15 2004, 08:02 PM
hypersummer: 抱歉 An update will soon correct that.

@other requested things: Update when I have time for it.

your not talking to me, but I have problem with display chinese font too.

thanks for every thing you did!!

and~~wow~~~~~~~~

you know traditional chinese?? :woot:

cool~ :rock:

#162265

I don't know traditional chinese (except a few weird words), but babelfish knows .

topic closed, because final version is out [ http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/index.php?showtopic=16167 ] .

#162272