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<title>Font Viewer</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>&Burkhard.Lueck; &Burkhard.Lueck.mail;</author>

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</authorgroup>

<date>2010-07-20</date>
<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.5</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>fontview</keyword>
<keyword>fonts</keyword>
</keywordset>
</articleinfo>

<para>
&kfontview; is an application to view and install different types of fonts:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>TrueType (<filename class="extension">.ttf</filename>)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>OpenType (<filename class="extension">otf</filename>, <filename class="extension">.ttf</filename>)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Postscript type 1 (file extension on &Windows; &amp; OS/2 <filename class="extension">.pfb</filename>/<filename class="extension">.pfm</filename>; on &UNIX;/&Linux; <filename class="extension">.pfa</filename>/<filename class="extension">.afm</filename>)</para></listitem> 
<listitem><para>BDF (Bitmap Distribution Format, file extension <filename class="extension">.bdf</filename>)</para></listitem> 
<listitem><para>PCF (Portable Compiled Format, file extension <filename class="extension">.pcf</filename>)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>You can use it as standalone program to preview and install a font 
downloaded from the Internet. In the preview you can check that the font 
has all characters you need.
</para>
<para>
Additionally &kfontview; can be launched from 
the &systemsettings; module <ulink url="help:/kcontrol/fontinst/index.html">
<guilabel>Font Installer</guilabel></ulink> to use the extended preview capabilities
of &kfontview;.</para>
<para>To use &kfontview; in &konqueror; select <guilabel>Services</guilabel> in
the sidebar and go to the folders <filename class="directory">Fonts/Personal
</filename> or <filename class="directory">Fonts/System</filename>.
Then open the context menu with a &RMB; click on a font and start &kfontview; 
by selecting it from the context menu.</para>
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<para>
&kfontview;'s <guilabel>Standard Preview</guilabel> displays your font in several 
different sizes, so you can get a good idea of what it will look like. 
From the drop down box in the toolbar you can choose additional preview types:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>All Characters</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Unicode Block: The Unicode standard arranges groups of characters 
together in blocks</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Unicode Script: In Unicode, a script is a collection of letters 
and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more 
writing systems</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Change Text: Using this button opens the <guilabel>Preview 
String</guilabel> dialog where you can insert a user defined text. 
This feature enables you to check that a font supports the characters you need.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>

<para>In <guilabel>Unicode Block</guilabel> and <guilabel>Unicode Script</guilabel> 
preview mode additional tooltip info's are displayed hovering a character with the 
mouse pointer: 
The character's Unicode <guilabel>Category</guilabel> and the value in <guilabel>
UCS-4</guilabel>, <guilabel>UTF-18</guilabel>, <guilabel>UTF-8</guilabel> and 
as <guilabel>XML Decimal Entity</guilabel>.</para>

<para>
To install a font you downloaded from the Internet, click the <guibutton>Install
</guibutton> button in the lower-right corner. 
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</para>

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