User Guide

FontLab 4
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S e a r c hi ng fo r Gl y p h s
Sometimes you need to find a particular glyph in your font, especially in
large fonts. Select the Choose Glyph command in the Glyph menu or press
CTRL+BACKSPACE on the keyboard. You will see a dialog box:
To find a glyph:
1. In the left-top combo box select the method by which you want to
search for the glyph:
Name
Searches for the glyph name
Code
Searches for the decimal code of the glyph in the current
encoding or codepage.
ANSI glyph Searches for the glyph that is mapped to one of the ANSI
glyphs in the selected codepage or encoding
Unicode index
Searches for glyphs with Unicode index attributes given.
Width
Searches for glyphs with the width in the selected range
Bottom, Top Searches for glyphs whose bottom or top line falls in the
specified range
Components
Searches for glyphs that have the specified number of
components.
3. In the combo box to the right of the method select the comparison
factor: begins with, equals to, less than or more than.
4. In the right-top editing field enter the information (depending on your
selection) that will be used to find the glyph.