You can set CorelDRAW to display a truncated font preview beside the font list, which is quite helpful when you're changing the font of selected text (see Fig. 1).

Click Tools > Options, and in the Options dialog box, choose Workspace > Text > Fonts. Then enable the Show flyout with font sample beside font list check box and click OK (see Fig. 2). You can save this setting as your new default by clicking Tools > Save Settings As Default.

Tip provided by Silvio Gomes, CorelDRAW Master, Artist and Graphic Design.