Meet My Font Viewer: Preview Your Fonts and Find Your Favorite

I’ve made the website I’ve wanted for years, and I’m so happy to share it with you: My Font Viewer is now live!

It’s a free online font viewer that lets you preview the fonts installed on your computer using your own text. If you’ve ever scrolled through a long font menu trying to find the right one for a project, this is for you.

Why I created My Font Viewer

As an invitation and stationery designer, I’m constantly choosing fonts. I wanted an easier way to see my own words in the fonts I already have, rather than opening each one and trying to remember how it looked.

So I created My Font Viewer. I use it all the time, and I hope it makes choosing fonts easier for you too.

A couple’s names, a birthday heading or a short thank-you message can look completely different from one typeface to another. Seeing the actual wording together helps me notice the letter shapes, the mood and which fonts deserve a closer look in the finished design.

How to preview your fonts

1. Open My Font Viewer on your computer in desktop Chrome or Edge.
2. Click Scan My Fonts and allow font access when your browser asks. Your installed fonts will then appear as previews.
3. Replace the sample wording with your own name, heading or phrase in Preview text.
4. Browse the results, adjust the preview size and shortlist the fonts you like.

Local-font scanning needs a supported browser and your permission. Your font files stay on your device. The viewer helps you explore fonts you already have; it doesn’t download or install new fonts.

Keep your favourites together

You can compare shortlisted fonts side by side, save a named project and export a PNG comparison to share. For this first visit, though, you only need to scan your fonts and try your own wording. There’s no account to create.

I’ll share more detailed tips in follow-up posts. Once you’ve chosen a font, check it in your design software with the final layout, and make sure its licence covers your project.

Have an idea? Suggest a feature

I’ve included a Suggest a feature button so you can tell me what you’d like added or improved. Click it to open a draft in your email app, add your idea and send it when you’re ready. Nothing is sent automatically.

I’d love to hear what would make choosing fonts easier for you, whether you’re working on invitations, branding, stationery or another creative project.

Try My Font Viewer for free and see your words in the fonts you already own.

You can also explore my invitations and personalised stationery to see how I use typography in my own work.