I Love Finding New Things

9/12/05 By

I was fiddling around with Keynote yesterday, prepping for a user group presentation (more on that when it gets closer) and came across one of those “Gee, I didn’t realize it was there” OS X moments.

I went to change the default font of the theme I was working with, and by sheer happenstance (a missed click trying to drag the font panel out of the way), I discovered the hidden “font preview” feature of the font panel which is part of most any Cocoa application that works with type.

Fontpanel

As you can see above, if you click and drag the tiny little indentation/button downwards, it’ll reveal the usually hidden font preview pane. As you change the type face/size/color, it updates to reflect your choices, though it seems that it won’t display the type effects (drop shadow) when applied, but that could be a Core Graphics thing that my iBook doesn’t have.

Sometimes it’s the simply simple things that impress me about OS X.

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Jim started out with a Mac SE/30 and a whole lot of love for that machine. It was during those early years working with PageMaker, Freehand & Photoshop that he learned the importance of keeping a system in tip-top shape. Now, as a systems admin with more than 20 years of experience under his belt, Jim’s ongoing efforts help keep the Macs of others running smoothly. You can follow Jim on Twitter at @jimmitchell.