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Charmas 2.15
Get out of the font jungle!
Charmas 2.15

New in v2.15:
(2012-04-22, R 269)

  • Requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
  • Supports sandboxing.
  • Supports 32 and 64 bit operating systems.
  • Font recognition and output have been adjusted for Mountain Lion.
  • Glyphs which are not implemented in a font, are no longer shown in another font but as a crossed box.
  • The footer line in font overviews now shows version and revision number of the application.
  • The FontFinder Inspector has been enhanced.
  • Tiny bug fixes.

New in v2.12:
(2012-02-19, R 260)

  • Requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
  • Registration issue fixed.
  • Japanese localization added. ja
  • Czech localization improved. cs

New in v2.11:
(2011-01-29, R 222)

  • New application icon.
  • Manual navigation symbols now use Cocoa style.
  • Adjustments for the Mac App Store.

New in v2.10:
(2010-09-28, R 200)

  • New: FontBook: There are two new layouts: Multi Font Layout - 2 Columns and Multi Font Layout - 3 Columns.
  • New: [49] FontFinder: Click on the new Info button to open a Font Inspector window which shows all available information about the currently selected font.
  • Fix: [50] FontFinder: The drawer Font Sources indicates when paths are longer than shown.
  • The online manual files have human readable names now (e.g. disclaimer.htm instead of 08.htm).
  • The Online manual has been completely reviewed.

New in v2.02:
(2008-07-25, R 161)

  • [42] Charmas checks automatically on each launch if a newer version is available. It only reports newer versions.
  • [43] Charmas offers a Send Message dialog now where you can send direct feedback about the application (e.g. feature requests, bug reports etc.) as an email to the developer.
  • [44] The default sample texts in the Preferences can now be set differently for each localized version of Charmas. The Czech version has already got its own sample texts. Of course you can overwrite the sample texts at any time with your own sample texts.
  • Charmas now supports OEM codes and therefore can be distributed by third-party distributors like e.g. dureg.com or MUPromo.com.

New in v2.01:
(2008-07-21, R 136)

  • New serialization method introduced: registered users of Charmas 2.0 will get new registration match codes from us.
  • The Registration dialog can no longer be accessed when the application is already registered.
  • Charmas menu re-structured and menu item Credits added again.
  • Export menu item typos in File menu fixed.
  • New menu item Visit Charmas Homepage in Help menu.
  • Charmas manual reviewed and dialog screenshots updated.
  • Application GUI updated.

New in v2.00:
(2007-05-07, R 80)

  • External font sources can be used for wathing fonts or printing font catalogs.
  • GUI (Graphical User Interface) enhanced.
  • Font Finder:
    • Search functions enhanced.
    • Text presentation enhanced.
  • Font Book:
    • Layouts enhanced.
    • New Font Book layout lists up to 22 fonts per page.
    • On export in image format you can choose between various formats and resolutions: TIFF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG and GIF.

New in v1.13:
(2006-11-30)

  • Universal Binary
  • Charmas requires Mac OS X v 10.4.0 or later.

New in v:

  • FontFinder: If you enter a part of a font name, the font selector only shows fonts containing the characters in their names.
  • FontBook: Only the number of fonts used in the current layout is used for page wrapping.

New in v1.10:
(2003-01-03)

  • If you enter a part of a font name, the font selector only shows fonts containing the characters in their names.
  • Only the number of fonts used in the current layout is used for page wrapping.
  • New menu items 'Purchase Charmas online' and 'Register'
  • On program launch and while scanning fonts, a dialog is shown now.

(Translations: Is Czech, Danish, English, French, Italian, Japanese or Swedish your first language? If you find any Denglish translations on this page, do not hesitate to . Thank you!)

New in v2.15:
  • Requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
  • Supports sandboxing.
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New in v2.12:
  • Requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
  • Registration issue fixed.
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New in v2.11:
  • New application icon.
  • Manual navigation symbols now use Cocoa style.
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System Require­ments:
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or higher.