How more than 255 glyphs are to be used ?
How more than 255 glyphs are to be used ?
More than 255 glyphs are created. How do they used with ALT key combination ? Or cannot be used with keyboard ? So, to use only in a program to publish that each glyph ?
-
- Top Typographer
- Posts: 9890
- Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:28 am
- Location: Seven Kings, London UK
- Contact:
Re: How more than 255 glyphs are to be used ?
- Use an Extended Windows keyboard with dead keys to type àéïõû etc.
- Use OpenType glyph substitutions (if the software that you use supports OpenType features), e.g. ff, fi, fl, ffi, ffl are automatically replaced with Alphabetic Presentation Form: ff fi fl ffi ffl. These are the most common standard ligatures. Many more features are possible, e.g. Small Capitals, (smcp)
- Use a character map in your application
- Memorize a few common ANSI codes: ¶ (20) § (21) ° (0176) © (0169) ® (0174), × (0215), ÷ (0247) etc. Hold down the Alt key and type the code on the Numpad (with Numlock Enabled)
- Use Autocorrect in your application to replace ' with ‘’ and " with “” as appropriate.
-
- Top Typographer
- Posts: 9890
- Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:28 am
- Location: Seven Kings, London UK
- Contact:
Re: How more than 255 glyphs are to be used ?
Please do not use my email address for asking questions.
Always ask on the forums, unless it is to report an issue with one of my free fonts.
Always ask on the forums, unless it is to report an issue with one of my free fonts.
Re: How more than 255 glyphs are to be used ?
Alternatively, use a utility such as TypeIt: Type symbolsBhikkhu Pesala wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:55 pm 4. Memorize a few common ANSI codes: ¶ (20) § (21) ° (0176) © (0169) ® (0174), × (0215), ÷ (0247) etc. Hold down the Alt key and type the code on the Numpad (with Numlock Enabled)
5. Use Autocorrect in your application to replace ' with ‘’ and " with “” as appropriate.
[/list]
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 11218
- Joined: Fri Oct 04, 2002 12:41 am
- Location: Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Contact:
Re: How more than 255 glyphs are to be used ?
Or use a font manager like MainType to copy an induvidual character, which you can then paste into your word processing software
-
- Top Typographer
- Posts: 9890
- Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:28 am
- Location: Seven Kings, London UK
- Contact:
Re: How more than 255 glyphs are to be used ?
Or, indeed, add to background application. ŢţŞş
That works in some applications: Affinity Publisher, Notepad, Vivaldi, but not Serif PagePlus or WebPlus.
That works in some applications: Affinity Publisher, Notepad, Vivaldi, but not Serif PagePlus or WebPlus.
Re: How more than 255 glyphs are to be used ?
Thanks a lot. My main purpose of using almost all the glyphs is to process them through a custom software for an already typed sentence into a handwritten font whose glyphs are abruptly configured , which this software recalls when a condition is fulfilled.
I feel the software can test the condition and replace each letter by referring to that glyph symbol. Please advise the easy code language for the software and the possible difficulties that may arise.
I feel the software can test the condition and replace each letter by referring to that glyph symbol. Please advise the easy code language for the software and the possible difficulties that may arise.