User Guide

Chapter Eleven
Reference Section
Windows
Menus
Keyboard Alternatives
Windows
Font Window
The Font Window shows you all the characters in your font
at 24 points. The View by menu at the top of the window
allows you to change the label over each character slot.
The default choice display mode is Character, which shows
the character symbol above each slot.
On the Macintosh, if you choose “Keystroke” to display the
keystrokes that correspond to each character, and scroll
the window down so that you can see the international
characters, you will see some cryptic things like SOe and
Oee. SOe means that to produce this character you will
need to press the Shift key, the Option key, and the “e” key
simultaneously, producing the character “â.” In the case of
Oee the procedure is slightly different: press the Option key
and the “e” key simultaneously, then let up on them and
press the “e” key by itself.
In Fontographer for Windows, if you choose “Keystroke”
to display the keystrokes that correspond to each character,
and scroll the Window down so that you can see the
international characters, you will see numbers in the label
like “A0174.” Characters in the extended range are
accessed by pressing the Alt key and typing the decimal
number, preceded by a zero. For instance, to produce the ,
hold down the Alt key and type “0174.” Similarly, to reach
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