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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:"Rick Quatro" <rick -at- rickquatro -dot- com> To:"'TECHWR-L Writing'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:09:40 -0400
Why not install it, inspect it, and then uninstall it if you don't like it.
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Subject: Re: font utility to see whether a TTF file contains a particular
glyph?
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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