The function I have always wanted and never found is to be able to search for fonts that have glyph data at a specific codepoint. For example, find only sans serif fonts that include the character Ž.
Obviously this may also return symbol fonts with a picture of a car at that codepoint, but even so it would vastly simplify font selection when working with non-English texts.
I looked through the manual and couldn’t find any mention of this function.
Did I miss it? Or is this something I should suggest for development?
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There isn’t a direct “search-by-codepoint” feature yet, but you can make missing glyphs jump out visually:
Tools ▸ Options ▸ Font Lists ▸ Show preview with missing characters in red
With that box ticked, any font that lacks one or more characters in your sample text will display the text in red, so you can spot unsuitable fonts instantly.
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Thanks, Erwin. That’s a perfectly acceptable solution.
Hello, I work with Fontcreator 15 in german. I can’t find
Tools ▸ Options ▸ Font Lists ▸ Show preview with missing characters in red…
That’s a nice hack, but I would vote for a search function that allows you to search for specific glyphs. Just as you suggested. That’s a feature I’ve wished for for a long time.
That “missing characters in red” setting lives in MainType, our font manager.
In FontCreator, any character that isn’t mapped in the current font just shows up as the missing glyph (.notdef) in the preview, so you can still spot gaps, but without the red highlight.
A true “search-by-glyph” engine would have to open every font, scan its full Unicode map, and store that information—quite heavy stuff—so it’s not something we can slot into the next versions. Your request is on our wish-list, though, and the red-missing-glyph preview in MainType remains the quickest workaround for now.
Erwin, thanks for the answer
