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Re: font utility to see whether a TTF file contains a particular glyph?
Subject:Re: font utility to see whether a TTF file contains a particular glyph? From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 25 Mar 2016 10:22:40 -0700
Thanks, that works. Didn't come up in Google for me until I searched
for "fontviewer" as a single word.
An OS X equivalent would be more convenient.
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
> Sawwy. Missed that the fonts weren't installed. I'm sure you've tried this:
>http://us.fontviewer.de/Download/
>
> First result on Google?
>
> -Tony
>
> On Friday, 25 March 2016, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>> I need to inspect an UNINSTALLED TTF file.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
>> > On OSX isn't there a you could purchase the PopChar app
>> > (http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharx/). I bought it through
>> > different
>> > Mac software bundles.
>> >
>> > On Windows, what about the tried-and-true CharMap?
>> >
>> > -Tony
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thursday, 24 March 2016, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> OS X or Windows. I want to be able to tell whether a file contains the
>> >> character I need.
>> >>
>> >> The Show Emojis & Symbols utility in OS X is good for system and
>> >> installed fonts, but I need to be able to look at an uninstalled file.
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