Two things I wish Windows could do:

Well, perhaps not Windows. And also, perhaps not only two . . .

What I wish my computer could do:

1. I have a few bars of a tune or a song going through my head.
Can't think of the name! What is that tune?
If I could just hum it into a mic, and read the name on the screen . . .

2. I am looking at a font. I like it, and want to use it for a project.
Problem: I don't know what it is called.
There are 350 fonts on my computer, and I probably could download more
(either free or paid).
Is here an easy way to look at the installed fonts, other than to click on
each one individually (a long process)?

Any programmers out there up to a challenge?


John <><

There are many font programs that allow you to print samples of
installed fonts and many that will do uninstalled fonts as well.
I keep such samples of the thousands of fonts I have on file (not
installed)

Here are a few programs:
Tools-Type and Font Software:
http://desktoppub.miningco.com/msubtype_pcsoft.htm

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 21:11:10 -0400, "John <><" <nospam@nospam.ca>
wrote:

>2. I am looking at a font. I like it, and want to use it for a project.
> Problem: I don't know what it is called.
> There are 350 fonts on my computer, and I probably could download more
> (either free or paid).
> Is here an easy way to look at the installed fonts, other than to click on
> each one individually (a long process)?

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:41:30 +1100, Alan Edwards <edwards@southcom.com.au>
wrote:

>There are many font programs that allow you to print samples of
>installed fonts and many that will do uninstalled fonts as well.
>I keep such samples of the thousands of fonts I have on file (not
>installed)
>
>Here are a few programs:
>Tools-Type and Font Software:
>http://desktoppub.miningco.com/msubtype_pcsoft.htm
>
>...Alan


Thanks again, Alan!



John <><

In news:a11ml114q2lvee4rb669qsali5utdc75fi@4ax.com,
John <>< <> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:41:30 +1100, Alan Edwards
> <edwards@southcom.com.au> wrote:
>
>> There are many font programs that allow you to print samples of
>> installed fonts and many that will do uninstalled fonts as well.
>> I keep such samples of the thousands of fonts I have on file (not
>> installed)
>>
>> Here are a few programs:
>> Tools-Type and Font Software:
>> http://desktoppub.miningco.com/msubtype_pcsoft.htm
>>
>> ...Alan
>
>
> Thanks again, Alan!
>
>
>
> John <><

I suppose you could record yourself humming a few bars and then go ahead and
upload it to a forum somewhere that's into music and someone might know it.
On those occasions where I don't know the name of the song I'm thinking of
(I have a lot of music and pay a lot of attention to it as if it's some sort
of great hobby but really it's just something that's stuck in my head from
an older brother always asking "who sings this?" over and over) I've often
found the easiest way is to either ask around or just go ahead and call a
friendly radio station. The latter seems to work really well, if you can
give them more information or what not that's good too but I have one
station here, they're a classic rock station, who's gone so far as to put it
on the air and have people call in with guesses that we could then verify by
listening to the song or checking online. We must have had close to an hour
long conversation one night, it was great fun and it turns out that it was
not the person we'd thought that originally sang "Kung Fu Fighting" (or it
might have been Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group by the way - that night)
and it's now the second line of song title info that I use. It all started
with the craziest of suggestions as a group of friends and I were trying to
look up tab online and finally one of them suggest, ironically, call the
radio station... It seemed crazy at the time but chances are that if you're
calling a station that's program line-up is a similar genre then you will
get a start on the answer if not the answer itself.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."

Sherlock Holmes

Perhaps this may prove an interesting (and entertaining) possibility <g> :-

http://www.musipedia.org/

(Found it by Googling for 'name that tune')

Mart


"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
<snip>
>
> I suppose you could record yourself humming a few bars and then go ahead
> and upload it to a forum somewhere that's into music and someone might
> know it. On those occasions where I don't know the name of the song I'm
> thinking of (I have a lot of music and pay a lot of attention to it as if
> it's some sort of great hobby but really it's just something that's stuck
> in my head from an older brother always asking "who sings this?" over and
> over) I've often found the easiest way is to either ask around or just go
> ahead and call a friendly radio station. The latter seems to work really
> well, if you can give them more information or what not that's good too
> but I have one station here, they're a classic rock station, who's gone so
> far as to put it on the air and have people call in with guesses that we
> could then verify by listening to the song or checking online. We must
> have had close to an hour long conversation one night, it was great fun
> and it turns out that it was not the person we'd thought that originally
> sang "Kung Fu Fighting" (or it might have been Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
> Group by the way - that night) and it's now the second line of song title
> info that I use. It all started with the craziest of suggestions as a
> group of friends and I were trying to look up tab online and finally one
> of them suggest, ironically, call the radio station... It seemed crazy at
> the time but chances are that if you're calling a station that's program
> line-up is a similar genre then you will get a start on the answer if not
> the answer itself.
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> "A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
> furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
> lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>

"John <><" <nospam@nospam.ca> wrote in message
news:f7oll1pgp82ec2qcuhood6h513prur5kt6@4ax.com...
> Well, perhaps not Windows. And also, perhaps not only two . . .
>
> What I wish my computer could do:
>
> 1. I have a few bars of a tune or a song going through my head.
> Can't think of the name! What is that tune?
> If I could just hum it into a mic, and read the name on the screen . .
> .
>
> 2. I am looking at a font. I like it, and want to use it for a project.
> Problem: I don't know what it is called.
> There are 350 fonts on my computer, and I probably could download more
> (either free or paid).
> Is here an easy way to look at the installed fonts, other than to
> click on
> each one individually (a long process)?
>
> Any programmers out there up to a challenge?
>
>
> John <><

I can't help you out with wishful thinking, but try googling as much of one
or more lines of lyrics as you can remember.