{"id":5176,"date":"2015-05-09T15:26:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T23:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2015-07-23T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T22:23:08","slug":"whats-coming-up-next-tom-bluewater-introducing-fontsview-3-for-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=5176","title":{"rendered":"What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Coming Up Next? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tom Bluewater Introducing FontsView 3 for Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTOKYO (MacHouse) – I’m back to the upgrade business again. That’s better than being unemployed, you know? And here comes a new software release that has been developed from a scratch. A Mac application that I submitted to Mac App Store<\/strong> about an hour ago is called FontsView 3<\/strong>.
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\nFontsView 3 is the 2nd major software upgrade for a desktop application. Its ultimate goal is to help the user pick the best font among hundreds for a particular string. This software upgrade comes with several new features. What was missing in FontsView 2 is access to all typefaces. The user could use only bold and italic typefaces in the last version. The user now has access to all available typefaces.  
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  1. The font list is detached from the main application window. Under a separate window called Fonts, the user can now have access to all available typefaces like bold, italic, light, oblique.<\/li>\n
  2. Choose Save As Rich Text For All Fonts<\/strong> under File to save to your disk a tab-separated rich text format (RTF) file that contains numbers, font names, styled text strings for all available fonts.<\/li>\n
  3. Use Overlay fonts<\/strong> to overlay colored, translucent layers of styled text for selected fonts.<\/li>\n
  4. My colors<\/strong> lets you store colors that you frequently use. Just explore a drop-down menu to select one.<\/li>\n
  5. The application comes with a complete Japanese localization.<\/li>\n
  6. Quick Tour<\/strong>, which will automatically open when you first launch the application, will guide you through it and help you learn how to use FontsView 3 quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Click on the add (+) button at the bottom of the font panel to add the selected font to My fonts, a list of fonts that you want to have quick access to.<\/li>\n
    2. Click on the add (+) button next to the text color button to add the selected text color to My colors, a list of text colors that you want to have quick access to. Explore the drop-down menu right below the text color button to select a my color.<\/li>\n
    3. Select a font name under the font panel and click on the Highlight toolbar button to highlight the selected font name. Choose Set Highlight Color under Font to change highlight colors.<\/li>\n
    4. Enter an input text string and then click on the Overlay font toolbar button to compare fonts by seeing colored, translucent layers of styled text in different fonts.<\/li>\n
    5. Enter an input text string with an appropriate text size and then click on the Compare fonts toolbar button to see a list of styled text strings by all available fonts.<\/li>\n
    6. Click on the Save As Picture toolbar button to save to your disk the styled text string shown over the display canvas as a picture (BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF).<\/li>\n
    7. Open the disclosure button at the bottom-right corner to get a styled text string that can be used with other RTF document editors including TextEdit.<\/li>\n
    8. Save a list of all available fonts as a text file or an XML file.<\/li>\n
    9. Save to your disk a tab-separated rich text format (RTF) file that contains numbers, font names, styled text strings for all available fonts.<\/li>\n
    10. Choose Save Settings under FontsView 3 to save internally current settings including an input text string, text size, text color, background pattern selection. Choose Load Settings to load your saved settings at any time.<\/li>\n
    11. The application remembers the positions and the dimensions of the main window, the Fonts window, the Overlay fonts window, the Compare fonts window.<\/li>\n
    12. The application support the fullScreen mode.<\/li>\n
    13. The application supports the retina screen. (tested with 2014 2.6 GHz 13″ MacBook Pro)<\/li>\n
    14. Languages: English and Japanese only.<\/li>\n
    15. Application file size: 17.4 MB.<\/li>\n
    16. The application comes with a built-in 19-page user guide. Choose Show Quick Tour under FontsView 3 whenever you need to see it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. 10.8 (tested with 10.8.5), 10.9 (tested with 10.9.5), 10.10 (tested with 10.10.2)<\/li>\n
      2. 64-bit system<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. A final picture that you export out of the styled text canvas will be saved to a disk with resolutions of 72 dpi x 72 dpi for non-retina screen models (144 dpi x 144 dpi for retina screen models with JPEG, PNG, TIFF).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          \nVersion history<\/u><\/p>\n

          3.1.4 (Released on July 23, 2015)<\/p>\n

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          1. After the user clicked on the Highlight toolbar button to highlight the selected font family name, the Highlight button remained enabled.<\/li>\n
          2. The user can now print styled text. They can also save current styled text as PDF through the print screen.<\/li>\n
          3. Several other minor changes and fixes are done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            3.1.3 (Released on July 6, 2015)<\/p>\n

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            1. Fix: My fonts list’s header was selectable.<\/li>\n
            2. Under the general settings tab of Preferences, the user now has options of sorting or not sorting my fonts in an ascending order.<\/li>\n
            3. The user can now drag and move the selected my font.<\/li>\n
            4. A push button appears right below the disclosure button. When the user clicks on it, the current rich text object will be copied into the clipboard with a capture sound.<\/li>\n
            5. The opacity slider updates its value continuously over the overlay fonts window. When the user changes the overlay opacity value, the current value will appear.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              3.1.0 (Released on June 2, 2015)<\/p>\n

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              1. The user has options of including or not including the font name for Save As Rich Text For All Fonts. See general settings in Preferences.<\/li>\n
              2. The user can now save to their disk a rich text file containing lines of all typefaces for the selected font. Choose Save All Typefaces in Rich Text under File.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                3.0.5 (Released on May 13, 2015)<\/p>\n

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                1. Fix: Some styled text layers shown with ‘Overlay fonts’ could be cut off at the right edge due to the italic-like font that produces the longest styled text.<\/li>\n
                2. Color swatches inserted to the My colors drop-down menu are now bordered.<\/li>\n
                3. Fix: The application appended a new styled string to an existing one when the user clicked on the bottom-right disclosure button.<\/li>\n
                4. Change: The compression rate slider is removed from the save-file dialog box. Instead, it appears when the user selects an export format.<\/li>\n
                5. A minor fix for Japanese localization is done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  3.0.1 (Released on May 9, 2015)<\/p>\n

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                  1. Fix: The Overlay fonts toolbar button could remain grayed out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    \nTrial\/Demo version<\/u><\/p>\n

                    Click here<\/a> to download a trial version. This trial version will remain fully functional for 7 days, starting from the very moment you first launch it.
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                    \nFontsView 3 is a product of Tom Bluewater.
                    \nApple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Mac App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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