db4 Font Viewer - fast, small and handy
review from ClifNotes, May 2007, permalink Font Management
db4 Font Viewer is a small stand-alone utility for helping you to view and manage your hundreds of installed Windows fonts. I tried this the other day and I was surprised to see the amount and variety of fonts that I have on my PC.
It's simple to use and it doesn't need to be installed. Just unzip it and run it.
Quote from the website
dp4 Font Viewer is a standalone font viewer that enables you to browse all installed system fonts. You can preview the fonts by ASCII character range, type your own sample text or load a text file to preview how the selected font is rendered. In addition, you can preview fonts from any given folder without having to install them ...
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/dp4fontviewer.html
Sometimes the built in font viewer in Windows is good enough for what you need. It also lets you copy the characters into a small buffer. To use it, just choose "Start" "Run" and type in "charmap" then press enter.
