Font Mate is a time-saving Blender addon designed for users who frequently work with text objects. It enhances the font selection process by offering a convenient dropdown menu to switch between Windows Fonts, User Fonts, and a custom directory.

The addon addresses the limitations of Blender's default font selector by providing a streamlined interface, allowing users to efficiently navigate and select fonts without the need to open the file browser for each font.

Additionally, Font Mate includes a search function that spans all directories, further optimizing the font exploration experience.

Features

• Convenient font selection: Switch between Windows fonts, user fonts, and a custom font directory effortlessly.

• Time-saving dropdown menu: Access fonts quickly without the need to navigate through file browsers.

• Enhanced search functionality: Efficiently search and find fonts across all specified directories.

• Streamlined workflow: Overcome limitations in Blender's default font selector for a more efficient font selection process.

Beta version

This version introduces a suite of new features and enhancements, designed to provide a more intuitive and efficient user experience. The Font Mate panel has been conveniently relocated to the font properties panel. With added support for Linux and Mac, you can now set system and user font directories from Font Mate preferences.

Font Mate now includes a UI list for viewing and applying fonts, offering a superior alternative to the dropdown menu. The UI list also enables easy management of favorite fonts.

A new popup menu has been introduced for quick font changes, complete with features like filtering, searching, and viewing recent and favorite fonts.

The add-on also introduces a font filter for sorting fonts by type, and an updated “Font” panel that navigates to the font directory based on the font type.

Changelog

Version 1.3 (Beta)

New Features:

• UI list search bar has been added directly to the UI.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where applying a font from the search was applying it to all objects. Now, the font will only apply to the selected object.
  

Version 1.2 (Beta)

New Features:

• Added popup menu for quick font changes.

• Introduced UI list for viewing and applying fonts.

• Added functionality to manage favorite fonts via UI list.

• Introduced recent fonts feature.

• Added font filter for sorting fonts by type.

Improvements:

• Font Mate panel moved to font properties panel for easy access.

• Added support for Linux and Mac.

• Updated default “Font” panel to navigate to font directory based on font directory type.

Version 1.1

• Fixed a bug that caused applying font to the selected object to apply to all objects.

Installation - 

• Download the Font Mate addon ZIP file.

• Open Blender and go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons.

• Click "Install" and select the downloaded ZIP file.

• Enable the Font Mate addon.

Documentation - For detailed usage instructions and documentation, please refer to the Font Mate Wiki.

Support - For support or inquiries, please contact us at Telegram channel.