Looking at type

Where it is

The view buttons in the toolbar · Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+5

What you can do

• Specimen (Ctrl+1) shows the family's name at display size, the sample line at five sizes and the font's character set.
• The sample line is yours to change: click it and type the words you will set. View ▸ Reset the sample text puts it back.
• The slider in the toolbar, or Ctrl+plus and Ctrl+minus, makes the type bigger or smaller. Ctrl+0 is actual size.
• Grid (Ctrl+2) shows every family in the list as a card with a big Ag in its own face. Click a card to select the family; double-click it to open its specimen.
• List (Ctrl+3) is a table: family, styles, kind, foundry, where it lives and its tags. Double-click a row to open its specimen.
• Repertoire (Ctrl+4) shows every character the face covers, with its code point. Click one to add it to the sample line.
• Older font packs name every weight as its own family. OmaFont folds them into one family with all its styles; turn that off under View ▸ Group weights into one family.

In this film

1. 0:05The specimenThe name at display size, the sample at five sizes
2. 0:06Type your own wordsA font is chosen against what it will set
3. 0:12Bigger or smallerThe slider, or Ctrl+plus and Ctrl+minus
4. 0:16The gridEvery family as a card, Ctrl+2
5. 0:21The listStyles, kind, foundry, where it lives and its tags, Ctrl+3
6. 0:24The repertoireEvery character in the font, with its code point, Ctrl+4
7. 0:27Click a character to add it to the sample