MyFonts

MyFonts is a tiny and portable application that facilitates a simple interface for viewing all installed fonts in your computers. It gives you the possibility to write custom text to find out how it looks like in various fonts, in order to pick the best ones for various upcoming projects. The app features a basic set of options and customization properties, making it accessible to all types of users.

Explore fonts and write personalized text

The main application window has a rudimentary appearance and its containing elements do not get fitted to the margins when attempting to resize it. It loads all installed fonts at startup by default, giving you the possibility to explore this list and pick a font you're interested in previewing.
All uppercase and lowercase letters, in addition to numbers and symbols are displayed to give you a better idea of how they look in a particular font. It'a also possible to write sample text, modify its size, customize the text and background color, as well as to apply bold, italic, or bold and italic effects.
There are no other notable options implemented by this piece of software. For example, it cannot export fonts to file for closer inspection.

Portability benefits

The entire tool's packed in a single .exe file that can be saved anywhere on the disk or copied to a removable storage unit to seamlessly launch it on any PC with minimum effort.
It doesn't need DLLs or other components to work properly, create files on the disk without your approval, or change system registry settings. To uninstall it, you simply have to delete this file.

Evaluation and conclusion

Although it hasn't received updates for a long time, we haven't come across any compatibility issues in our tests. It remained stable throughout its runtime, without hanging, crashing or prompting errors.
Thanks to its intuitive interface and options, MyFonts can be easily handled by PC users who want to explore various fonts.