Hello,
I can't find where in FontCreator we can edit the text in the following previews (Windows Font Settings Tool), like "A cool summer breeze", "The fanfare of birds announces the morning", etc.
Thank you for your explanations.
Text in Windows Font Settings Tool
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Re: Text in Windows Font Settings Tool
I thought this must be a Windows settings, but it is a part of the font properties.
Go to Font Properties, Extended, and Enter the sample text that you wish to use.
Go to Font Properties, Extended, and Enter the sample text that you wish to use.
Re: Text in Windows Font Settings Tool
Use caution, however, to used only code points in your sample text that are mapped in your font.
I have many multi-language fonts and accidentally used my typical sample text with multiple languages in a font that only had Basic Latin. Got bizarre results and was confused for a long time before I ran FontValidator and it pointed out the error.
I have many multi-language fonts and accidentally used my typical sample text with multiple languages in a font that only had Basic Latin. Got bizarre results and was confused for a long time before I ran FontValidator and it pointed out the error.
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Re: Text in Windows Font Settings Tool
Here is an upcoming update which contains a Validate button, to check if all characters from the preview text are available in the font. We have also updated the user manual to inform about the way Windows uses the sample text.
https://www.high-logic.com/tmp/fontcrea ... 47-x64.exe
Let us know your results.
https://www.high-logic.com/tmp/fontcrea ... 47-x64.exe
Let us know your results.
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Re: Text in Windows Font Settings Tool
Thank you for the quality of all these responses and congratulations to Hight Logic for its responsiveness.
Note that this update also includes the automatic addition of the fonts present in WindowsApps (update 13.0.0.2646, the fonts acquired on Microsoft® Store).
Note that this update also includes the automatic addition of the fonts present in WindowsApps (update 13.0.0.2646, the fonts acquired on Microsoft® Store).
Re: Text in Windows Font Settings Tool
I am curious what this means ...Pyanepsion wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 5:43 am ... the automatic addition of the fonts present in WindowsApps (update 13.0.0.2646, the fonts acquired on Microsoft® Store).
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Re: Text in Windows Font Settings Tool
Open Installed Fonts now shows all installed fonts. Previously it would miss on the ones installed through Microsoft Store.
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Re: Text in Windows Font Settings Tool
I shouldn't have used Google Translate
When you buy a font on Microsoft Store or download a free font from there, it goes into the Program/WindowsApps folder and it was not accessible to FontCreator unless you know its exact path and have the permissions to access this protected folder. FontCreator now knows how to load them automatically into its system font list, as most software does.
When you buy a font on Microsoft Store or download a free font from there, it goes into the Program/WindowsApps folder and it was not accessible to FontCreator unless you know its exact path and have the permissions to access this protected folder. FontCreator now knows how to load them automatically into its system font list, as most software does.