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Show HN: Type Zebra - Test your fonts in a web browser

by sushi on 1/8/13, 6:31 PM with 32 comments

  • by michaelmartin on 1/8/13, 7:05 PM

    Nicely done, I love how easy it is to flick between fonts instantly.

    I would second cleverjake's comment that a neat way to see serveral fonts together would be awesome (Especially for a different headline font vs the body copy).

    Also, a search for the big list of fonts would be handy too.

    Off to a great start though, thanks for sharing!

  • by dugmartin on 1/8/13, 7:15 PM

    You should add a "gallop" button that randomly changes the font every N seconds (maybe with a slider control to select N).
  • by davidcollantes on 1/8/13, 7:01 PM

    Not functional without Flash:

    "You don't have a compatible version of Flash installed. Please install latest version of Flash and refresh this page."

  • by etagwerker on 1/8/13, 7:50 PM

    This is pretty awesome. It's nicer than http://www.google.com/webfonts
  • by uptown on 1/9/13, 12:16 AM

    Cool tool. The down-arrow seems to jump every-other font on the list. It'd also be good if it automatically loaded the font as you pressed that key to go down the list so you could quickly pan through them all without a lot of clicking.
  • by ahrjay on 1/8/13, 9:13 PM

    I built something along the same lines a while back that allows you to drag and drop font files into the browser. http://fontdragr.com

    Also has a bookmarklet so you can test them on your own site.

  • by dgurney on 1/8/13, 8:29 PM

    Would be more helpful if the fonts on the left sidebar were displayed in their native font (a la Photoshop).
  • by jayferd on 1/8/13, 9:30 PM

    I've been up to my ears in PLT lately, so I did a bit of a double take on the name of the project.
  • by loceng on 1/8/13, 7:56 PM

    An auto-suggest Search at top of list of fonts would be helpful.
  • by raliste on 1/8/13, 6:33 PM

    cool, just what i needed for testing my new website fonts
  • by cleverjake on 1/8/13, 6:48 PM

    itd be great to preview multiple fonts simultaniously
  • by dbbolton on 1/8/13, 10:01 PM

    I can't get past "Loading your fonts" on Chrome.