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by Wowfunhappy 1962 days ago
If you're on macOS, I can't say I really see the advantage to this over using the built-in Fontbook. Perhaps if you manage a lot of machines...
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igneo676 1962 days ago
Or, even better, https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-fonts

1. No GUI needed

2. Discoverable and searchable directly through Brew

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alexmyczko 1962 days ago
No preview, but yeah, see issues about why it didn't cut it for me.
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anamexis 1962 days ago
You can't find and install new fonts using Fontbook, can you?
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Wowfunhappy 1962 days ago
...Oh, I get it now. (You can install new fonts, just not find them.)

It's just, I personally can't imagine installing a new font without actually looking at it first. I know this provides an ascii art preview, but I'd need a more precise rendering.

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alexmyczko 1962 days ago
just replace chafa with open (macos) or feh (linux) and get a nice preview.
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Phrodo_00 1962 days ago
the linux equivalent to open is xdg-open
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alexmyczko 1962 days ago
that is what freedesktop.org thinks. i prefer gopen. anyone is free to use what them like...
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