Fonts+how+similar+ones+are+displayed

Fonts how similar ones are displayed

When you look at the fonts Folder ( Start > Control Panel > Fonts)

You will see them listed alphabetically You may wish to see a comparison i.e. which are similar and which are not

Well it is possible if you look on the top row of Icons the last but one to the end has an A‐B symbol in the box.

If you hover the cursor over the Icon it reads

Similarity Click on the Icon and you will have a window displaying the similarity to the first font. Now if you click on the Down arrow next to the listed Font in the box this will pull down a full list of all the Fonts The next simple step is to select which of the fonts from the list which you wish to see similarities to, by highlighting and clicking.

Now isn’t that neat and simple?.

How does it work ?

Well it uses what is known as Panose

OK what is Panose?

Panose is data embedded in the Font, in number format which stores the details of The weight The Stroke Sherif with fancy curls Sherif plain etc. etc.

The closer the numbers are to one another the greater the similarity between the different Fonts i.e.

Very Similar

Similar Fairly similar

Etc. Etc.

If there is no Panose in the Font, it displays would you believe :‐

“ No Panose information available.”