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Re: Wanted: App to preview fonts without installing them.

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From: J.B. Nicholson-Owens
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 21:49
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Ivo Welch writes
> [1] Is there an  application that would  allow me to preview fonts  
> without having to install them first?

Instead of purchasing an application, you could stick them in  
~/Library/Fonts and then only you would be able to see them, preview  
them and use them.  If they were okay, then you could move them to  
/LocalLibrary/Fonts so the whole system could use them.
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From: jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)
Subject: Re: Wanted: App to preview fonts without installing them.
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 21:49:26 GMT
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