faster webfontspecimen.com specimens

Jackson Showalter-Cavanaugh
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Is anyone using Tim Brown's http://webfontspecimen.com/ for quickly previewing web fonts? I just ask because I was playing around with it the other day (still trying to get comfortable with the interneting of fonts) and decided to hack the code to make it faster to use.
This version automatically checks the /css/type folder for files and lets you quickly apply them with a fixed drop down menu. My implementation is pretty bare bones right now (and you might need to be adjusted for your workflow) but I found it to be a time saver and thought I'd be nice and share. If you're interested in playing with it, the hacked .html is uploaded here: http://t.co/c8U7k9P
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Very nice! Up and running in 1 minute.
- You might have to rename 'index.html' to 'index.php' to have the drop down menu working under some hostings.
Here is what I have been using so far,
You can simply drag and drop fonts (one or more) to the top section and have then displayed automatically. (You may need to use firefox and authorize storage.)
http://www.impallari.com/media/fonttest/?custom=1 (only 'adhesion')
http://www.impallari.com/media/fonttest/?custom=2 (a-z lowercases)
http://www.impallari.com/media/fonttest/ (Grump wizards...)
It's using http://fontdragr.com/, modified by Dave Crossland.
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