Get boofont — $21
The font panel that applies itself.
Preview and apply your system fonts directly onto a live Adobe Illustrator selection. Two clicks.
One-time purchase · works with the fonts already on your Mac
How it works
Preview. Click. Click. Applied.
Select your text
boofont reads the current values of your live selection as a starting point.
See it rendered live
Every font on your Mac, set in your own text, organised by family.
Apply with two clicks
No guessing, applying, undoing, repeating. The font lands the moment you pick it.
Two modes
Never blocks the artboard.
Drift Mode
Shrink the panel into a floating ghost icon and park it anywhere on screen. Hover and it winks; click to bring the full panel back.
Ghost Mode
A transparency slider sets the window's opacity, so you can read your artwork right through the interface.
Core features
A character panel that keeps up.
Live local font browser
Your real installed fonts, not a generic web list. Your text, rendered live in every typeface.
Expandable families
Click a family to roll out every weight and cut — Thin, Bold, Italic, Condensed.
Character panel
Size, leading, tracking, scaling, alignment and spacing, all from boofont.
Smart folders & favourites
Group fonts into per client or per project folders to keep shortlists tidy.
Keyboard shortcuts
Every function has a dedicated shortcut. Nothing interrupts the workflow.
Strictly local
Lightweight, and it runs strictly on your machine. Font commands to Illustrator, nothing else.
Price and licensing
One-time purchase, lifetime utility. A Gumroad license key is emailed to you instantly.
Buy boofontInstallation
Two steps, no exceptions.
Notarized by Apple and built as a universal binary, so it opens right away on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs — no security workarounds.
Drag boofont from the .dmg into Applications, then open it.
Click OK to grant Automation permission, so boofont can talk to Illustrator.