Show HN: Font Tester – Preview fonts on custom content (fonts.tomhadley.link)

10 points by solumos ↗ HN
I've been looking for new fonts to use for a new project, but there weren't any great tools for seeing how a particular serif font for headers would look with another sans font for paragraph text, so I built a tool that lets you compare, adjust, and tinker with the way you'd use a font in your specific project before downloading it/setting it up.

This is only using the free Google fonts for now. If there are other open-source fonts I should add, let me know and I'll add them!

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Just a couple of updates:

- I added some fonts from https://fontlibrary.org/

- I added a "click to select" feature to the previews

- Added support for code blocks (previously missing)

Would love any feedback, or any suggestions for free fonts to add.

I really like this! Nicely done!

Would it b possible to allow users to type in a custom font into a text box? That way a font that is install on their system can be tested. Could allow people to use this tool to test commercial fonts.

Great suggestion, I just added this feature.
Very useful and goes well beyond any font browser i've worked with
What a cool project! Quite useful, thanks for sharing