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OpenType features in Glyphs palette
To view the glyphs in a font, display the Glyphs palette (Window menu) and
choose a font and font style from the Font family and style menu in the upper-
left corner. Options available in the Glyphs palette include the following:
To view a subset of the glyphs in the font, choose an option from the Show ●
drop-down menu.
To see any alternates available for a glyph, click the box in the lower-right ●
corner of an individual glyph’s cell.
You can search for a glyph in the Glyph palette using Character or Unicode ●
value options.
If necessary, click the Zoom tool on the palette to increase the size of the ●
glyphs.
If you need a glyph’s Unicode code point — for HTML authoring, for example ●
— you can see the Unicode code in the lower part of the palette.
To insert a glyph at the text insertion point, double-click the glyph in the ●
Glyphs palette.
If you frequently use specific glyphs from a font, you can save those glyphs ●
as favorites for quick access. To create a favorites list, first click the
expander next to Favorite Glyphs in the Glyphs palette (Window menu). Then,
simply drag a glyph to an empty cell in the Favorite Glyphs area. To delete a
favorite, Control+click/right+click the glyph and use the context menu. The
Unicode value of the selected glyph displays at the right bottom corner
(above the Favorite Glyphs pane).
Displaying invisible characters
The Invisibles option (View menu) is always helpful when editing text or fine-
tuning typography because it allows you to see common “invisible characters”
such as spaces, tabs, and paragraph returns.
Inserting special characters
There are all kinds of special characters for typographic and formatting
purposes. You can enter such special characters using keyboard commands or
choose them from the Utilities > Insert Character submenu. Each character
displays differently when invisibles are showing (View > Invisibles).