For years, I've enjoyed the feature in OS X Font Book where you can type in custom text and scroll through all the fonts to preview it. Now on Mavericks, when I try to do this, it only works for single-font families. All font families containing multiple fonts (e.g. bold, italic, etc.) will only show the default sample text. How can I change this behavior to be like older OS X versions, where you can see the custom text for all fonts? I'm hoping there's a plist somewhere that can be edited.
MacOS – How to show custom previews for all fonts in 10.9 Font Book
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After you choose the character go to the Font Variation section you might need to click on the triangle at its left side to expand this. This shows the fonts that include the glyph.
If you're not afraid about command lines, I suggest you ttf2ttc. *.ttc files are TrueType fonts Collection
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Best Answer
This works (at least in Yosemite Public Beta 2):
Open Font Book, select "Custom" from the View menu, double-click in the preview area and type what you want. Then, close Font Book. Then, re-open Font Book. Now, whatever you had previously typed should be the preview text for every font.
Annoying, yes, but it's a lot better than nothing!