Local Fonts
Browse the fonts already installed on your Mac and find candidates quickly with search.
Features
Search, compare, and organize fonts. This page collects what stac can do in one place. Start with the overview, then open each feature with the “+” button for a more detailed guide.
Preview Google Fonts alongside your local library
Preview Google Fonts directly inside the app. Because you can compare them with local fonts and dragged-in files using the same text and the same settings, the flow from searching to comparing stays smooth.
Narrow candidates by language support
Filter fonts by supported writing systems such as Japanese, Korean, or Chinese. Instead of getting buried in Latin-only options, you can focus on fonts that actually work for the language you need.
Review your shortlist with more confidence
Select only the fonts you want to review and examine them in a dedicated comparison workspace. Switch between list view, grid view, and detail view to judge differences step by step.
Detail View lets you inspect one shortlisted font at a larger scale, and in Pro you can also adjust the background image, mask, and text color.
Browse & Preview
These features help you inspect fonts under consistent conditions. From local fonts to font files you have not installed yet, you can review them in the same flow.
Browse the fonts already installed on your Mac and find candidates quickly with search.
Drop `.ttf` or `.otf` files into the app and preview them without installing.
Check readability with longer text, not just short headlines or sample words.
Check font details and glyphs. In Pro, you can also add custom fields.
Adjust size, weight, italic, and spacing to review how a font really looks in use.
Compare & Choose
These features help you narrow candidates and compare them more deliberately. Use them together with the three highlighted tools above to pick your final choice.
Find fonts quickly by name and get to the typeface you have in mind faster.
Filter Google Fonts by category or subset to match the mood, style, or language support you need.
Organize & Manage
These tools help you save candidates and keep them useful beyond a single comparison. The goal is not just to choose a font once, but to build a system you can return to later.
Save fonts that catch your eye and sort them into project-based or purpose-based lists.
Group fonts with your own labels, such as editorial, retro, sharp, or headline.
Review and tidy saved preview text, body preview settings, tags, and favorites in one place.
Leave star ratings and notes so you can remember why a font stood out later.
Copy CSS font declarations and move from selection to implementation more quickly.
Save phrases you use often and bring them back whenever you compare fonts.
Add your own metadata, such as license type, project name, or intended usage.
Preview Google Fonts directly inside the app. Before you install or activate anything, you can compare them on the same screen and under the same conditions as local fonts and dragged-in files.
Exploring type candidates for websites and apps, especially when you want to see local fonts and Google Fonts in one continuous workflow.
When previewing Google Fonts, the app connects to Google’s servers to render the type. The Google Fonts list inside stac reflects the data bundled at the time of the app update. stac is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. "Google Fonts" is a trademark of Google LLC.
Filter by supported writing systems such as Japanese, Korean, or Chinese. Instead of sorting through a long list of Latin-only options, you can move faster toward fonts that are actually usable for your project.
Finding candidates for multilingual design work, landing pages, banners, or app UI when you need confidence that the font really supports the language you are designing with.
stac makes language support easy to filter, so you can compare candidates based on real character coverage rather than style alone.
Select only the fonts you care about and review them in a dedicated comparison area. You can move between list view, grid view, and detail view to judge differences at different levels.
List View, Grid View, and Detail View.Final-round decisions, especially for logos, headlines, thumbnails, and key visuals where you need to inspect details in a closer-to-real presentation.
Free supports up to 8 fonts in a comparison set. Pro expands that to 30 and unlocks background image, mask, and text color controls in Detail View.
List View is useful for reading flow, Grid View for comparing overall character, and Detail View for a closer final check.
Shows the fonts already installed on your Mac and helps you move through them quickly with search and preview controls.
Reviewing the fonts you already own and reusing your existing library before searching elsewhere.
Lets you drop font files such as .ttf or .otf into the app and preview them temporarily without installing them.
Checking fonts before purchase, before installation, or before adding client-supplied files to your system.
Free supports up to 10 temporary files. Pro removes that limit and can restore them after restarting the app.
Shows how a font performs in longer passages, where rhythm and readability matter more than a short sample.
Choosing fonts for body copy, supporting text, or UI content when you need to verify comfort over longer reading.
Shows font details and glyph coverage so you can understand what a typeface includes before you commit to it.
Closer evaluation when you want to inspect supported characters and other font details before choosing it.
Core inspection is available in Free. Custom fields are available in Pro.
Lets you change size, weight, italic, and spacing so you can assess a font in more realistic settings.
Testing how the same font changes between headline, body, and interface-like conditions before you commit.
Search by name across local fonts, Google Fonts, and temporary files so you can reach the font you want quickly.
Jumping straight to known fonts or checking several related names without scanning the full library.
Filters Google Fonts by category and subset, making it easier to narrow choices by tone, style, or language coverage.
Reducing a very large set of options when you already know the broad style or language coverage you need.
Lets you save fonts into project-based or purpose-based lists, and place the same font into multiple lists when needed.
Keeping shortlists by project, by use case, or by task, such as logo candidates, editorial options, or UI-friendly picks.
Free supports up to 5 custom lists. Pro removes the limit.
Add your own labels to fonts so you can organize them by style, mood, or any criteria that makes sense in your workflow.
Cross-project categorization when you want to collect fonts by visual feeling rather than by project alone.
Free supports up to 5 custom tags. Pro removes the limit.
The management screen brings saved settings and organization tools together in one place. You can review preview text, body preview settings, tags, and favorites without moving through separate screens.
Periodic cleanup once saved items start to grow, or when you want to refresh the text and sorting rules you rely on during everyday comparisons.
Free includes tag management and favorites management. Pro also adds editing for saved preview text and body preview content.
Lets you save a quick rating and written note so that your reasons for shortlisting a font stay visible later.
Keeping track of why something looked promising when you know you will revisit a larger pool of candidates later.
Ratings are available in Free. Notes are limited to 100 characters in Free and become unlimited in Pro.
Copies the CSS font declaration for the selected font so you can move from review to implementation with less friction.
Web projects where you want to move straight from font selection into code without rewriting font declarations by hand.
Saves the sample phrases you return to often so you can quickly reuse them during font comparison.
Checking the same brand names, product names, UI text, numbers, or punctuation over and over without retyping them every time.
Adds your own metadata fields so you can track the information that matters in your font workflow.
Tracking licensing notes, project references, source details, or internal workflow information that goes beyond the default font data.