Font Forum

I have been using ALT numbers for graphic characters for a very long time. The illustration shows (just a sample) that regular fonts contain graphic characters using standard ALT numbers for access, straight from the keyboard, with your usual text entry program. The procedure is to press and hold th...

Just like Mark321 I have been trying to get my head around the question of characters / glyphs. I still can't find any definitive explanation of the difference between them - I always thought the terms were interchangeable. I found this statement on another topic: "You can click the "Unico...

I have just upgraded to MainType 9 with specific interest in understanding the Windows 10 font system. There are many fonts installed on the system I will never use, so I thought it would be wise to uninstall them to release processing power and increase speed. Unfortunately, I am more confused than...

Hi, I'm evaluating MainType version 6.0 and getting to grips with the interface. Going into the backup routine through Tools > Create and Restore Backups, and clicking on the Backup and Restore tab, I'm met with a message reading: "Backup and restore is only available if the fontservice is not ...