Font Load Unload is a free portable software for the Windows operating system that can load fonts without installing them on the system. Fonts loaded this way become accessible as if they were installed on the system until the Windows session is ended, for instance by logging off, shutting down or restarting the PC.

The program displays a list of all installed and loaded fonts in the program interface on start up.

You can load a font either by dragging and dropping it onto the load button in the program interface or by clicking the Load button to select the fonts using a standard Windows file browser.

Once a font has been loaded it becomes selectable just like any other font on the system. This includes programs such as Microsoft Office, image editors like Paint.Net or Photoshop, or web browsers and email clients.

Fonts can be unloaded during a session by selecting them in the program interface and clicking on Unload afterwards.

The program supports saving a list of loaded fonts to load that list and all fonts included in later sessions.

The core benefit of Font Load Unload is that it adds fonts to a system temporarily. While it is possible to install and uninstall fonts as well, it would require that the user would remember to uninstall all temporarily loaded fonts before changing the system’s power state.

With Font Load Unload that is not necessary. Another benefit is the portable nature of the program. You may not have permission to install fonts on a computer system. Loading fonts however may work so that you can use fonts that are not installed on the system.

Windows users can download Font Load Unload from the developer website. The program is compatible with all 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the operating system.

AMP Font Viewer displays all installed fonts as well offering the user the option to view the font in action so to speak with the usual “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” sentence or custom ones entered by the user. Font size, color, bold, italic and underline can be selected and even the Ansi characters of the font can be displayed.

Fonts can be uninstalled which can speed up system start if you have lots of fonts installed. A backup of the fonts that are uninstalled will be created in case the font is needed by Windows or another application. It can easily be installed again if that should be the case.

Fonts that are currently not installed can be previewed as well before they are installed. Multiple fonts can be installed and uninstalled at once. One of the nicest features is to install fonts temporarily which means that the fonts will be available in Windows for as long as the AMP Font Viewer software is running. This feature is supported by the ability to group fonts into categories. If you work with Photoshop every now and then and need fonts for that you might group all those extra fonts that you do not need in other applications in the Photoshop category and install them temporarily when you work with Adobe Photoshop.