As I collect more and more fonts, it gets hard to remember which fonts have been installed, which fonts have been archived to a floppy, and which fonts I have printed examples of. So, I made this quick little utility which does nothing more than spit out a text file of all fonts currently installed. (Apple's AddResMenu made this a piece of pie. ("Hogan's Heroes" fans will know what I mean.))
First, after you launch FontLister, it'll ask you to name the file. The name defaults to "Font List yy¥mm¥dd" where yy¥mm¥dd is the current date. You may think that's a weird way to format a date. But - if you think about it and compare it to the way we format time - it makes sense.
Next, it builds the list and writes it to the file. That's it. The logic behind this whole twisted plot is that one can compare font lists from, say, month to month to see what's new or what's missing. This isn't the utility of the year, lemme tell ya. But, it's helpful and has a neat animated cursor while it builds the list. What other reason do you need?!?
You can view (and edit) the FontLister files with any text editor or word processor. The default Creator is TeachText ('ttxt'), but you can change that with ResEdit. Just change 'STR ' 128 to something else like 'MSWD' for MS Word. Make sure you don't make it any larger or smaller than 4 chars. If you do, your Mac may melt into what looks like an IBM PS1. Eeewww.
I created and tested FontLister on an SE under System 7. If it doesn't work with your configuration, drop me a line and I'll see what I can do.
