When reviewing a font I neeeded to check both the Windows Mappings and either the Unicode mapping or the Character mapping . It would be useful to add an option to add Caption 2 on bottom section of the glyph cell display, and to be able to choose a second caption content using the Tools > Options > Overview tab.
Regards.
GC
Add a second Caption to Glyph cell display
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Re: Add a second Caption to Glyph cell display
I am not sure that this is the best solution, but I do recognise the problem. I normally have 16 columns and 10 rows in the glyph overview. At this size, there's not much room for more captions, though at 8 rows it would be possible to fit two mappings in a single caption row.
The status line has some free space, which could perhaps be used for this.
Tooltips are another possibility.
The status line has some free space, which could perhaps be used for this.
Tooltips are another possibility.
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Re: Add a second Caption to Glyph cell display
The new Overview in FontCreator 7 has tooltips to show the different captions. In this screen shot:
- Snowman = Unicode character name
- Uni2603 = Glyph name (postscript name)
- #1399 = Glyph Index
- 9731 = Code-point (decimal in my case)
Re: Add a second Caption to Glyph cell display
The decimal version of the code-point value would be more useful to me than the hexadecimal version, especially where the glyph name is already something like 'uni2603'. Where do you change this? I couldn't see anything under 'Tools > Options'.Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:9731 = Code-point (decimal in my case)
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Re: • Add a second Caption to Glyph cell display
That has been moved to the View menu, display format, making it slightly quicker to change.
Re: • Add a second Caption to Glyph cell display
Thanks. Even quicker: Ctrl+J!Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:That has been moved to the View menu, display format, making it slightly quicker to change.