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The Font Panel
The font panel is a floating window that displays font information for the selected object, attribute, or window. As the selection changes, the font panel updates to show you its font information.
Here is the font panel on Macintosh:
Here is the font panel on Windows:
Showing and Hiding the Font Panel

Changing font information for the selection