font manager apps that show all the glyphs in your installed fonts
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08-30-2022 07:30 PM
to see all the special characters (glyphs) in the fonts installed on your laptop/desktop/PC
(knowledge of unicode characters is not necessary):
- for Adobe Indesign users, there's a free app called Font Table
- for Windows 7/8/10/11 users, there's MainType, which can be run in free edition mode:
https://www.high-logic.com/font-manager/maintype
Character Map is also available for Windows users.
learn more about glyphs here: https://typography.guru/journal/hidden-glyphs-in-your-fonts/
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08-30-2022 08:17 PM
Thanks for this information, it's so helpful. I downloaded the MainType free version and it makes it so much easier and quicker, than Character Map, to see the font private use area.
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08-30-2022 08:33 PM
you're welcome!
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08-30-2022 08:35 PM
BabelMap (free utility) is also available for Windows users https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html
for Mac users, you need to turn on Character Viewer (instructions in the link below)
https://creativepro.com/find-font-glyph/
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08-30-2022 08:39 PM
I'll check that out too.
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08-31-2022 06:23 PM
I use MainType, it's the best font manager I've found. I bought the paid version because I have so many fonts, and it was reasonably priced. The only drawback is that it actually installs the fonts when you activate them, which can bog down the computer if you have too many installed at once. Some of the font managers activate them without actually installing them.

