Free Font Renamer for Windows

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Key Details of Free Font Renamer

Give each font a name that speaks for itself.
Last updated on September 27, 2010
There have been 1 updates
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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffSeptember 27, 2010

Free Font Renamer is freeware that renames font files, just like the name says, only automatically. Why would you want or need to do that? Because what it does is rename the font file with the full name of the font, so instead of MLON_I.TTF, you get Milion Italic.ttf. The name tells you which font it is right off the bat. If you've ever tried to find a certain font file outside of the system's font properties and controls, you will appreciate immediately how this tool can help. It's optimized for Vista and Windows XP; Windows 7 lists fonts by their regular names.

This compact tool features the familiar main display and left-hand navigation pane with tree view. There's a prominent Help button in the place of the usual file menus, and below are check boxes for renaming options and a Rename button, but that's about it. Clicking the Help button didn't seem to do anything other than highlight a Web link, but the online site does offer useful information. The program is very easy to use: simply point it to the appropriate file, click Rename, and the program searches the folder, determines the font's true name, and renames the folder, just like that. Any characters that can't be reproduced in the file name are left out or replaced with a space, and double spaces are automatically replaced by single spaces. We downloaded some freeware fonts to test the program on some non-Windows files. We ran the tool on one, Abandone.tff, and Free Font Renamer renamed it with its full name, Abandoned Biplane.tff. We installed and ran the software on a Windows 7 machine, too, to verify that it works; it does, so it's useful for fonts with typical font file names that reside elsewhere than the Windows/Fonts directory.

Free Font Renamer is a useful tool for Windows XP and Vista users. Though Windows 7 users won't have as much for it to do, it does install and run in Windows 7.

Free Font Renamer for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: January 24, 2010

Latest update: September 27, 2010

Version: 2.13

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 10
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 7,733

Downloads Last Week: 4

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User Reviews

2.7/5

3 User Votes

It does the job
agent1188March 9, 2013
Pros
It was very easy to use. I just located the font that I placed on my desktop and it renamed it with no problems.
Cons
Wish I could click on the font and rename it. The toolbar had to be removed.
Summary
I had a similar free font renamer and this isn't it. The one I was looking for let you select one or several fonts by selecting the font(s) and then on a drop down window, you selected Rename. But this does work so I'm satisfied. I think that extra toolbar that I had to get rid of was from download.net, but I'm not sure. Either way, the toolbar was easy to get rid of.
No support, whatsoever, for a program that does nothing
RevRunnerMarch 29, 2010
Pros
I would write something positive if I had a chance to try it. I downloaded it from cnet and the original site. It didn't work.
Cons
I have had various encounters with freeware. This is the equivalent to comparing the real-life Staples "That was easy button" to the commercials, except FontRenamer doesn't even have the batteries installed. (continued)
Summary
(continuing) When you unzip the folder you have three files. 1. FontRenamer.exe: At first you think you're getting somewhere. It tells you to pick a folder. But when you get a listing of the fonts that are on the folder, it doesn't allow you to pick a font. Sure, it will let you highlight it. But you can't select it. Even right click doesn't do anything. 2. Help file. Doesn't load on Vista. On my other computer, help file is just an ad for another product. 3. When you opened up the .exe file, a fourth file popped up: FontRenamer.ini. (I tried to even edit the .ini manually. Diddly squat.) 4. pad_file.xml. I don't know what it does. I hope that the promise that this program is ad/spyware free is true. (I am not stating that I believe this, I am just leary of a program that has no purpose.)<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Mar 29, 2010<p/>As I've serched more on the internet, I've discovered why it doesn't work. You need embedded font information for it to work--it simply takes the embedded information and creates a file name for it. The fonts in question are only numbered, both in the filename and the embedded file. Thus, it has no information to draw upon to change its name.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Mar 29, 2010<p/>As I've serched more on the internet, I've discovered why it doesn't work. You need embedded font information for it to work--it simply takes the embedded information and creates a file name for it. The fonts in question are only numbered, both in the filename and the embedded file. Thus, it has no information to draw upon to change its name.
No Use to me
Sander929May 14, 2008
Pros
I downloaded this with the idea to easily rename all my already installed fonts.
Cons
When I wanted to use it to rename all my fonts, but I wasn't able to even change or add some text! :(
Summary

Developer’s Description

By Alexander G. Styopkin

Give each font a name that speaks for itself.

Use this software by giving font files the names corresponding to the full font names. For example, you can rename MLON_I.TTF to Milion Italic.ttf. This name speaks for itself. How to do it? Select a folder with fonts and click the Rename button. That's all. The program itself will find out which font each file contains and give it the corresponding name. Version 2 has been optimized and tested under MS Vista.