[release] Avefontbook

AveFontBook

*Fully* functional font management tool for Windows

Because of some luck with figuring out some functions, this appears ahead of schedule.

Description

AveFontBook is a font management tool that allows the user to preview not-installed fonts without installing them, enabling/disabling fonts and keep them organized in collections.

Screenshot

1: Collectionspane. Here you can view your collections and see what's in the collection by clicking it. Also, you can disable/enable a whole collection with only one click.

2: Fontspane. Here you can view and browse all fonts that are in a particular collection. Fonts can be previewed and enabled/disabled.

Drop font files from Windows Explorer into this pane to copy them into the current selected collection.

You can also move fonts from to different collections by dragging them to the collectionspane and dropping them onto the desired collection.

3: Previewpane. Here you can preview the selected font. The text is editable and will be saved on exit. The size of the font can be adjusted by using the combobox.

4: Searchbox. Here you can filter the fonts that are displayed in the fontspane. Filtering is done immediately while typing into the box.

5: Infopane. Some information about the currently selected font is displayed here. the panel can be hidden by using the seperator.

6: Font controlpanel. Here you can enable/disable/add fonts.

7: Collection controlpanel. Here you can add/enable/disable fonts collections.

Notes

Use on own risc!

The buttons lack alpha-transparency. Feel free to fix this for me

The glow-look on selection is not implemented because of lazyness.

Additional credits

Some graphics where done by Alilm and Lou. Kudos and thanks goes to them as well. Brushed skin is by Pe7er. Icon by Lou.

Thanks to Juno for the idea.

Thanks to herd for e-mailing the 2MB MSDN 2001 Oct file.

Download

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

Enjoy and watch some good football games (Feyenoord-Zwolle: 7-1 ),

Andreas (*** goes back to being a metaprogrammer*** )

PS. People interested in getting the most ugliest Delphi source code ever seen (AveFontBook code), contact me.

#162847

NICE!!!!! You're the man Ave :rock:

downloading....

#162850

hey, i'm new to delphi, and wouldn't mind seeing the code, cheers.

#162852

:bye: AV! :woot:

#162853

WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Good work! I love it. You are in the news

EDIT

God damn unbeleiver beat me....oh well.

#162858

You sir i bow to... *bows*

<_< no, i dont bow to your goats... i refuse to do so

#162859

Great! I have an entire folder on my computer called "AveApps," and I think this is going to get moved into that folder! Definitely a keeper!

#162860

i told u he wasn`t human!

#162862

As far as i can see... GOOD WORK MAN! :rock:

Ill take time to try it out.

THANKS again

..Cheers

°°°ToNeR°°°

#162863

I have 1 problem. I cant add fonts to the collections (folders in the left window) that I create. Is that not supported?

#162865

This rocks! Great work Andreas

#162867

Originally posted by juno@May 16 2004, 09:53 PM

I have 1 problem. I cant add fonts to the collections (folders in the left window) that I create. Is that not supported?

allready "privatly" reported but Ave's watching soccah now

#162868

Ahh ok. Let him relax..even machines need to have some oil eh?

#162869

Originally posted by AndreasV@May 16 2004, 02:16 PM

Enjoy and watch some good football games (Feyenoord-Zwolle: 7-1  ),

FOOTBALL?!? Go Raiders!!

Damn you non-Americans .

:woot: This prog is too freaking awsome. Ave, you da man of all men!! Everything about it is just perfect.

#162872

I have 1 problem. I cant add fonts to the collections (folders in the left window) that I create. Is that not supported?

It is supported and should work. Can you give me a little more information about the situation (what's the collections-name, font file name etc...).

Fixed a drag-'n-drop error btw.

@ToNeR: double post is deleted.

Question

I just see I forgot a remove-option. How would you want this to be implemented? I myself was thinking of

and dragging things to the icon would remove them.

Gimme some suggestions.

#162884

I create a collection and tried to drag and drop a folder with folders that contains fonts ( ttf and pfm, pfb ) it says I can't add becauser they are already on the collection, although it doesn't show any font

#162891

amazing, converting my longhorn skin, its all beautiful and converted with out problems! this skin engine isAmmazing!!

-bolero

#162895

Grillo, how do you drop the folder? you select all items in it and then drop it or you just drop a folder? The last thing doesn't work.

#162896

That wasn't directed at you juno :6 .

Unbeliever made me aware of that problem, expect an update pretty soon.

#162898

Originally posted by AndreasV@May 16 2004, 04:14 PM

That wasn't directed at you juno  :6  .

Unbeliever made me aware of that problem, expect an update pretty soon.

Ahh ok i thought he had it wrong or something. Post deleted.

#162899

This is excellent, I can finally browse my hundreds of fonts and put them into collections! Thanks very much

#162901

this is simply awwsome!

i just converted over the longhorn theme from avepreview, to this, i edited the Metalic buttons that came with the bruished them, just to allow transparency around them for my skin.

Longhorn Fontbook

-bolero

#162911

i really glad because i work for a small newspaper and your application is a real gift for me but when i search a font i find it but there is letter which appears in the searchbox (anyway i can find what i search)

sorry for my poor english

your work is simply amazing man (Y) (Y)

#162912

Originally posted by AndreasV@May 16 2004, 10:40 PM

Question

I just see I [forgot] a remove-option. How would you want this to be implemented? I myself was thinking of

and dragging things to the icon would remove them.

Gimme some suggestions.

Good work Ave! (Y)

Regarding Collections, a remove option as well as a rename option would be brilliant (I've just added a new collection imaginatively named 'New Collection' and I can't seem to remove or rename it! ).

#162914

Yeah Ave, the remove/rename option would be great. Instead of, or with, the trash icon, you could have a right click menu with remove/rename. However, regarding the trash icon, I suggest you place it in the lower right corner instead of the upper left. Either lower right or lower left.

-nightcrawler1089

#162915