Feature request: favorite fonts

[jean jean delabrouette]

I use a lot of text and many fonts, and I wish there was a list of favorites that could appear at the top.

 

There are a lot default fonts installed on windows by default.

 

I guess just a simple star button would be enough, or maybe some kind of favorite list in the menu?

 

Or maybe just some config XML file that would make paint.net show those fonts at the top?

[Tactilis]

Part of the difficulty associated with quickly selecting a particular font in paint.net is that the font control does not act in the way that similar controls work in most other applications.

My expectation from other applications is that if I click in the Font control and type multiple characters, then the font name beginning with that string of characters (or the nearest to it) will be selected.

For example, if I want to select the font named Chiller, I type the letters Chi (or CHI or chi) and the dropdown list will highlight the correct font.

In paint.net, each letter typed is treated separately, resulting in the selection of the wrong font as shown:

 

 

 

@Rick Brewster Could paint.net's font control be made to operate like the controls in many other apps to permit more efficient font selection using the keyboard please?


 

[toe_head2001]

A 'Recently used fonts' feature has been suggested in the past. More details here:

https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/116709-feature-request-recently-used-fonts/

[Rick Brewster]

I've been wanting to add this for awhile, although it's admittedly a low-priority feature. I'll file an issue for it though so I can keep track of it!

[jean jean delabrouette]

My goal is mainly to pick a font more quickly without scrolling too much.

 

I don't think a plugin could ever do that?

 

I would be okay with some text file to allow Paint.NET to show/hide certain fonts, since by default there are a lot of fonts I don't use.

 

As said previously, typing the beginning of the font name would also help a bit, I don't know how much work that would require.

[Tactilis]

@jean jean delabrouette Please don't revive old topics, especially as your comment hasn't added anything to what you wrote previously.



@Rick Brewster noted the original request and the discussion in this and other threads:
 

On 4/2/2023 at 6:34 PM, Rick Brewster said:

I've been wanting to add this for awhile, although it's admittedly a low-priority feature. I'll file an issue for it though so I can keep track of it!