FontSnip

FontSnip is an easy-to-use application that lists all installed fonts and lets you browse them, as well as find out how text looks like written in any font. It features a character map and a favorites manager, in addition to TrueType, device, symbol and raster fonts.

Simple setup and GUI

The installation operation is fast and requires little user assistance. As far as the interface is concerned, FontSnip opts for a classical-looking window with a seemingly outdated look, where you can view TrueType fonts, change the font view mode, as well as browse the list.

View fonts and write sample text

Any selected font can be added to the favorites list for quick access by opening its right-click menu, and just as easily removed. You can check out a sample text with the specified font on the top part of the main window, and turn it into something else to preview the output.

Search for fonts and view character maps

Instead of navigating the fonts list, you can resort to a quick search function to track down a particular font by typing a few letters from its name, as long they're the starting letters.
Moreover, FontSnip lets you preview samples with the uppercase and lowercase letters, together with numbers with a selected font, make the characters Bold or Italic, explore and print the character map of the selected font, as well as copy font names or selected characters to the Clipboard.

Evaluation and conclusion

Unsurprisingly, the utility had minimal impact on computer performance throughout our evaluation, since it needed low CPU and memory to work properly. No error dialogs popped up and it didn't hang or crash.
Its interface needs some adjustments in the graphical department, though, since it's a bit rudimentary and makes FontSnip look like an unfinished project. Otherwise, the app is effective and fairly intuitive for viewing installed fonts and custom sample texts.