Font Preview text not changing...

pentool · Post by **pentool** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:04 am

Symptom:
Specifying a different preview text under the "Preview Text" tab in the Options dialog, will not change the preview text.

Steps:
1. Browse for fonts.
2. In the Fonts pane, right click a font and select "Edit Preview Text..."
3. From within the "Font preview text" listbox, select either "Digits" or "Sample 1" and click OK
4. The preview text column is not changing even after I do a refresh. It still displays the name of the font as opposed to the selected preview text (such as Digits)

I hope I'm not misinterpreting this feature. My impression was that once I select, say "Digits", the preview text column will display digits as opposed to the font name.

Erwin Denissen · Post by **Erwin Denissen** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:38 am

The "Preview Text" tab is used to change, add or delete preview text items. Use the combo box available in the top right corner of the Fonts pane to select another preview text item.

pentool · Post by **pentool** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:07 am

Ohhhh... ok. Sorry for the post. I must've been drunk and got confused...

Erwin Denissen · Post by **Erwin Denissen** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:14 am

You must have seen a lot of duplicate fonts

I've had a similar question a couple of weeks ago from another user, so maybe I should think about a way to make it more obvious.

pentool · Post by **pentool** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:29 am

I think it's just the naming that got me confused. When you right click the preview text it says "Edit Preview Text...", which gives the impression that I am going to edit or make some sort of modification to the preview text. Then when I click OK in the dialog, I don't see no modification, so it made me think that I did something wrong and this is why I don't see the result of my "edits".

Maybe just a different naming in the context menu would help clear it up, like "Preview Text Settings" or just "Settings" or something. Either way, I don't think it's a priority issue.