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Fonts Compare. A visual tool to preview and compare fonts side by side for different languages and styles.

github.com/sudipshil9862/fonts-compare

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Updates

May 2026
  • Release —1.7.0
  • on initialize filtering fonts not needed and -l option filtering need…
  • using latest gtk_font_dialog_set_language api to filter fonts intead …
July 2025
  • -t will work along with --text
  • fallback should not turn on immediatly while editing text in edit text
  • 'fallback is ON' displays when fallback is turned on and pulse animat…
  • 'Detect Language' checkbox — keep language dropdown and font filters …
April 2025
  • Release —1.6.0
  • Replace Gtk.AboutDialog with Adw.AboutWindow and add Ctrl+Q/E keybind…
March 2025
  • copyright updated
  • Port to AdwApplicationWindow and ToolbarView, enable label auto-wrap …
  • new modern README for users
February 2025
  • Release —1.5.5
  • Add support for multi-script text handling, auto-enable fallback
January 2025
  • Release —1.5.4
November 2024
  • Refactor CustomDialog: use big entry field and placeholder text for it
  • fontname of fontbutton has normal fontweight
  • removed bold weight from name of button #65
  • Refactor CustomDialog to Adw.Window and update dialog response handli…
  • Update detected language to appear at the top of the language list af…
October 2024
  • Release —1.5.3
  • fontbutton fontlist, fontsize support for RHEL zhongyi-song-fonts
  • now support RHEL zhongyi-song-fonts and fonts with //-
August 2024
  • fixed: first fontbutton somehow selects a font even if no fonts are i…
  • return the language name if no pango sample text for the lang
June 2024
  • Release —1.5.2
May 2024
  • Release —1.5.1
  • Release —1.5.0
August 2023
  • Release —1.4.0
April 2023
  • Release —1.3.2