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Live Font Size preview
Next to the font size menu is a small pop-up slider control, like that used elsewhere in
Designer Pro. This provides a direct, live font size control, and will adjust the font size of
the selected text in real-time as you drag the slider.

Click to display font size pop-up

As with the pop-up sliders used elsewhere this can be used two ways. "Click + release"
on the arrow and the pop-up will appear and stay on screen. You can now drag the
slider, or use the mouse scroll wheel over the control to rapidly adjust the values. So in
this case, this provides a fast way of adjusting the point size using the mouse wheel to
see the results directly on the page of the document as you work.

The alternative method of using the pop-up slider is to "click + drag + release" on the
button and slider. This is a slightly more direct way of adjusting the control (requires less
clicks).
Instant font menu navigation

While the font menu is displayed, you can type the initial characters of the font name,
and the menu will be scrolled to that section of the list. E.g. if you type "ver" it will
instantly scroll and locate the Verdana font.

Google fonts

Designer Pro also gives you the option of using one of the hundreds of Google fonts.
These are free, open source web fonts that have the advantage of being hosted by
Google so you don't have to upload font files with your document when it's exported as
HTML - the visitor's browser will automatically fetch the fonts from the Google font
hosting servers.

The fonts are fully integrated within Designer Pro so you can browse and search through
the font list using the FONT FINDER to download and install the fonts to your own
computer.

To start using Google fonts simply click ADD on the font menu to pull up the Font Finder.