Display all installed fonts (Excel)

The macro below will display a list of all installed fonts.
Note! If you have many fonts installed, the macro may stop responding because of lack of available memory.

Sub ShowInstalledFonts()
Const StartRow As Integer = 4
Dim FontNamesCtrl As CommandBarControl, FontCmdBar As CommandBar, tFormula As String
Dim fontName As String, i As Long, fontCount As Long, fontSize As Integer
    fontSize = 0
    fontSize = Application.InputBox("Enter Sample Font Size Between 8 And 30", _
         "Select Sample Font Size", 12, , , , , 1)
    If fontSize = 0 Then Exit Sub
    If fontSize < 8 Then fontSize = 8
    If fontSize > 30 Then fontSize = 30
    Set FontNamesCtrl = Application.CommandBars("Formatting").FindControl(ID:=1728)
    ' If Font control is missing, create a temp CommandBar
    If FontNamesCtrl Is Nothing Then
        Set FontCmdBar = Application.CommandBars.Add("TempFontNamesCtrl", _
            msoBarFloating, False, True)
        Set FontNamesCtrl = FontCmdBar.Controls.Add(ID:=1728)
    End If
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    fontCount = FontNamesCtrl.ListCount
    Workbooks.Add
    ' list font names in column A and font example in column B
    For i = 0 To FontNamesCtrl.ListCount - 1
        fontName = FontNamesCtrl.List(i + 1)
        Application.StatusBar = "Listing font " & _
            Format(i / (fontCount - 1), "0 %") & " " & _
            fontName & "..."
        Cells(i + StartRow, 1).Formula = fontName
        With Cells(i + StartRow, 2)
            tFormula = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
            If Application.International(xlCountrySetting) = 47 Then
                tFormula = tFormula & "æøå"
            End If
            tFormula = tFormula & UCase(tFormula)
            tFormula = tFormula & "1234567890"
            .Formula = tFormula
            .Font.Name = fontName
        End With
    Next i
    Application.StatusBar = False
    If Not FontCmdBar Is Nothing Then FontCmdBar.Delete
    Set FontCmdBar = Nothing
    Set FontNamesCtrl = Nothing
    ' add heading
    Columns(1).AutoFit
    With Range("A1")
        .Formula = "Installed fonts:"
        .Font.Bold = True
        .Font.Size = 14
    End With
    With Range("A3")
        .Formula = "Font Name:"
        .Font.Bold = True
        .Font.Size = 12
    End With
    With Range("B3")
        .Formula = "Font Example:"
        .Font.Bold = True
        .Font.Size = 12
    End With
    With Range("B" & StartRow & ":B" & _
        StartRow + fontCount)
        .Font.Size = fontSize
    End With
    With Range("A" & StartRow & ":B" & _
        StartRow + fontCount)
        .VerticalAlignment = xlVAlignCenter
    End With
    Range("A4").Select
    ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = True
    Range("A2").Select
    ActiveWorkbook.Saved = True
End Sub

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