OSXFAQ Mac OS X Tip-of-the-Day 
Text Edit - Recently Used Fonts
By Adrian Mayo - Editor - OSXFAQ
This week's tips are about Apple's TextEdit - a very capable mini word
processor. It includes more features than are apparent at first
glance. Many of these features are provided by OS X core technologies
and are applicable to other Cocoa based applications.
Note: make sure that the current document is Rich Text format (menu
item Format::Make Rich Text).
Take advantage of the Recently Used Fonts menu. Select menu item
Format::Font::Show fonts. In the Font window select Recently Used from
Collections, and click on any of the fonts (typeface, style, size, and
colour combination) listed. Use this technique to select a new current
font, or to change the font for a selection.
While editing a document with say five different fonts, you'll find it
much quicker to click the font from Recently Used than select from the
All Fonts collection.
Of course, you can add the currently selected font to Favourites too:
To delete a font from Favourites simply select it and drag from the
Font window.
If you do not see the Collections pane, make the Fonts window bigger.
Another cool feature of Fonts, like all system services, is that it
works across applications. Fire up Apple's Mail and select menu item
Format::Show Fonts. You'll see the same Collections, including the
same Recently Used and Favourite fonts.
Add you own collections by hitting the '+' button.
Enjoy !! :-)
Panther 10.3.6
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