Insert characters

brum · November 21, 2006, 1:57pm

Hello!

When I choose a NEW option from FILE menu I see the set of Basic Latin glyphs and ome additional characters.

How to change this pattern to be showing another blocks of Unicode space?

Thanks for help
Y. Brum

Bhikkhu_Pesala · November 21, 2006, 2:14pm

It sounds like you don’t have Arial installed.

Try Tools, Options, Overview, Font used by samples, and choose a font with a full range of Unicode characters. Perhaps you’re currently using a system font.

brum · November 21, 2006, 2:26pm

If I change the font in Overview options, it changes only the appearance of the samples in empty glyphs

Bhikkhu_Pesala · November 21, 2006, 3:21pm

Then I don’t understand what the problem is. What you should see when you start a new Unicode font (not a Symbol font) is a full set of WGL4 characters. That is 653 glyphs (see the status line).

If you need characters from other Unicode Blocks, try Insert Characters.

brum · November 21, 2006, 3:36pm

Yes, I need the characters from another block but there is no option Insert Characters in my FC version. I’m looking for alternative way to do it

ErwinDenissen · November 21, 2006, 5:05pm

This section of the user manual explains how to add a character (in the example a Euro is added) to your font:
http://www.high-logic.com/fontcreator/manual/addacharacter.html

Part 1b is especially useful in combination with the Home Edition.

If you need to add a lot of characters, it might be wise to upgrade to the Professional Edition.