Getting fonts to display in drop down menu

Is there any way to set it up so my fonts will be displayed graphically in the font drop down menus of different appllications? I know I can see what the fonts look like in Font Book, but I want to see them in the drop down menu from within whatever application I am using.
I would have thought that would be a preference that could be set within individual applications, although I have yet to find that as something to be able to set up. I'm still looking, though.

It's the wysiwyg in Office that made me want to see if I can get the same with everything. I actually use AppleWorks more than Word, and it's a pain to have to try to remember what a font looks like.
I think Font Book might be the ticket, but I'm leery of installing it because of something called "Application Enhancer" that gets installed with it. It installs executable code, which is probably ok, but ...
Anyway, thanks for the input, guys!

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