Font Previewer Lite is a native After Effects plug-in from Alex Lee that lets you preview fonts within the application. Because it is native to After Effects, it runs directly inside the software, and it also includes the ability to apply a font.
Compatibility spans a wide set of releases, covering After Effects 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, and CS6. This makes it usable across both older and current installations.
The 1.0.1 release, dated September 28, 2022, added Apple Silicon support on Mac alongside the apply-font capability. The plug-in first launched in August 2017. It is listed here as free, so refer to the developer's page for current licensing details.