Filter Fonts by Character Set
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Filter Fonts by Character Set
First let me say, just like FontCreator, MainType is a superb program for a reasonable price, thank you.
I work almost exclusively with Hebrew. It would be real nice if there was a way to sort the fonts so that all fonts that have a Hebrew character set would be sorted together.
I work almost exclusively with Hebrew. It would be real nice if there was a way to sort the fonts so that all fonts that have a Hebrew character set would be sorted together.
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Definitely, my suggestion is not limited to Hebrew. It was just an example.
What I mean by character sets is in the characters pane there is a drop down where you can choose Basic Latin, Greek & Croptic, Hebrew, etc. I would like to be able to sort the fonts by which have which sets. For example put first all that have Basic Latin. Of course almost every font has a Basic Latin set so I don't know how useful that would be, but for Hebrew, Arabic, and many other languages it would make it much easier to see all the fonts that have that particualr character set.
What I mean by character sets is in the characters pane there is a drop down where you can choose Basic Latin, Greek & Croptic, Hebrew, etc. I would like to be able to sort the fonts by which have which sets. For example put first all that have Basic Latin. Of course almost every font has a Basic Latin set so I don't know how useful that would be, but for Hebrew, Arabic, and many other languages it would make it much easier to see all the fonts that have that particualr character set.
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The information is already displayed by MainType. The problem is deciding how many characters a character set needs to have before it is deemed to be supported by the font. Here's the information for Gentium:
If the user selected a filter to display only fonts including Mathematical Operators, should this font be shown or hidden?Basic Latin (95 of 128)
Latin-1 Supplement (96 of 128)
Latin Extended-A (128 of 128)
Latin Extended-B (178 of 208)
IPA Extensions (94 of 96)
Spacing Modifier Letters (56 of 80)
Combining Diacritical Marks (82 of 112)
Greek and Coptic (82 of 127)
Cyrillic (80 of 255)
Cyrillic Supplement (1 of 20)
Latin Extended Additional (246 of 246)
Greek Extended (233 of 233)
General Punctuation (39 of 106)
Superscripts and Subscripts (28 of 34)
Currency Symbols (14 of 22)
Letterlike Symbols (1 of 79)
Mathematical Operators (2 of 256)
Private Use Area (9 of 6400)
Alphabetic Presentation Forms (5 of 58 )
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Sorting
Another possibility would be to specify a PANOSE number or range of numbers for your chosen fonts.
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