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Listing all fonts on a user's computer

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Listing all fonts on a user's computer

by  BillyRayPreachersSon  Posted    (Edited  )
This code will list all fonts on a user's computer. It was based upon a post made a while ago (thread216-732611), which was based upon an article found on MSDN. The code here has been updated to inlcude a demo of each font.

It will work on IE only.

Code: 
<html>
<head>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	<!--
		function getFonts() {

			// get list of fonts, and sort alphabetically
			var allFonts = [];
			for (var loop=1; loop<dlgHelper.fonts.count+1; loop++) allFonts[loop-1] = dlgHelper.fonts(loop);
			allFonts.sort();

			// create output list, and include samples of each font
			var outputStr = '';
			var fontTestString = 'ABC abc 123';
			for (var loop=0; loop<allFonts.length; loop++) {
				outputStr += 'Font name: ' + allFonts[loop] + ' Font example: ';
				outputStr += '<span style="font-family: ' + allFonts[loop] + ';">' + fontTestString + '</span><br />\n';
			}
			document.getElementById('fontList').innerHTML = outputStr;
		}
	//-->
	</script>
</head>
<body onload="getFonts();">
<object id="dlgHelper" classid="clsid:3050f819-98b5-11cf-bb82-00aa00bdce0b" width="0px" height="0px"></object>
<div id="fontList"></div>
</body>
</html>

Note: The classid string must NOT be split up. It should all be on one line.

Dan


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