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Where is Custom View in the new Font Book?

In previous versions of Font Book, you could set a custom view, so you could test a particular string of characters, rather than the default alphabet and numbers. When you clicked the font in the sidebar, and selected Custom from the menu (Command-3), your custom text would fill the main window.


I've figured out that you can replace the default text that's shown in the preview, but I need to see the following characters for each font:


ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

1234567890

. , " ( ) / -?!$& 

fi ff ti


When I paste that into the preview, it only shows me the first line, even at the smallest view:



How can I see the block of text I've pasted into the field?



MacBook Pro

Posted on Jan 11, 2023 3:37 PM

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Posted on Jan 11, 2023 6:22 PM

The custom view is gone.

Feel free to send Apple feedback…

Feedback - macOS - Apple

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Jan 13, 2023 10:23 AM in response to CherylG3

CherylG3 wrote:

Sure, but that's a workaround.

Yes, yes it is.😎

I also noticed they seem to have removed Command-Delete to remove fonts. Now you have to press Delete then choose Remove. Argh, why add extra clicks to something that can be done with a shortcut?

My guess would be so users don't accidentally remove a font they didn't mean to.

Where is Custom View in the new Font Book?

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