Word & Special Characters

Pascale
Pascale Posts: 3
in Font Technology
Hi everyone

I have just created a new typeface for a client who requested the addition of special characters, which are not too common. The problem is, that they don't appear in the symbols panel in Word (the client's preferred application).

Do you have experience with this sort of thing? I have been researching, but couldn't find a satisfactory answer yet.

Thanks for your inputs.  

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  • John Hudson
    John Hudson Posts: 3,321
    How are the characters encoded in the font? Are these standard Unicode characters.
  • Pascale
    Pascale Posts: 3
    Yes, in unicode.
  • Bhikkhu Pesala
    Bhikkhu Pesala Posts: 210
    A common problem is that the Unicode Ranges that contain the special characters have not been enabled. Which font editor are you using? I only know how to do this in FontCreator.
  • Pascale
    Pascale Posts: 3
    Thanks for the tip. I'm using Glyphs App.
  • SiDaniels
    SiDaniels Posts: 277
    I've not seen this problem before in Windows Word "insert symbol" dialog. Feel free to send me the font and I'll take a look. SimonDa@...

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