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Name: Character menu Shortcut: Alt+C
The character menu contains functions to manage the characters of the project.
Name: Add a new character window Menu: Character | Add a new character... Shortcut: Alt + C , A
Use the Add a new character window to add a character to your font at the end of the character list. The Add a new character window displays Unicode characters in three-level groups. The first level contains character range classes, the second level contains character ranges in selected classes, the third level contains the characters in the selected range. Select the apropriate character and click the add button to add it to your font project.
If you know the Unicode index of the character to add, you can type it by using manual input. You can use hexadecimal and decimal numbers.
Name: Insert a new character window Menu: Character | Insert a new character... Shortcut: Alt + C , I
Use Insert a new character window to add a character to your font before the selected character. The Insert a new character window displays Unicode characters in three-level groups. The first level contains character range classes, the second level contains character ranges in selected classes, and the third level contains the characters in the selected range. Select the appropriate character and click the insert button to insert it into your font project.
If you know the Unicode index of the character to insert, you can type it by using manual input. You can use hexadecimal and decimal numbers.
Name: Delete character Menu: Character | Delete character Shortcut: Alt + C , D
Use Delete character to remove the selected character from your font project.
Name: Change Unicode Index window Menu: Character | Change Unicode Index... Shortcut: Alt + C , U
Use Change Unicode Index window to change the Unicode index of the selected character. The Change Unicode Index window displays Unicode characters in three-level groups. The first level contains character range classes, and the second level contains character ranges in selected classes, and the third level contains the characters in the selected range. Select the appropriate character and click the change button to change the Unicode index of the currently selected character.
If you know the unicode index to change the character to, you can type it by using manual input. You can use hexadecimal and decimal numbers.
Name: Find an existing character window Menu: Character | Find an existing character... Shortcut: Alt + C , F
Use Find an existing character window if you want to know whether a character exists in your font project. The Find an existing character window displays unicode characters in three-level groups. The first level contains character range classes, the second level contains character ranges in selected classes, the third level contains the characters in the selected range. Select the apropriate character and click the find button to find the character.
If you know the Unicode index of the character to find, you can type it by using manual input. You can use hexadecimal and decimal numbers.
Name: Superpixelate window Menu: Character | Superpixelate... Shortcut: Alt + C , S
Use Superpixelate window to automatically fill your character with super pixels. You can select the kind of super pixels to generate:
- Level 1 super pixels are the super pixels having exactly one neighbour.
- Level 2 super pixels are the super pixels having exactly two neighbours.
- Level 3 super pixels are the super pixels having exactly three neighbours.
- Level 4 super pixels are the super pixels having exactly four neighbours.
You can set the size of the super pixels by dragging the Superpixel percentage slider.
Name: Desuperpixelate Menu: Character | Desuperpixelate Shortcut: Alt + C , D
Use Desuperpixelate to eliminate all the super pixels from the current character.
Name: Rotate forward Menu: Character | Rotate forward Shortcut: Ctrl + right
Use Rotate Forward to rotate the current character clockwise.
Name: Rotate backward Menu: Character | Rotate backward Shortcut: Ctrl + left
Use Rotate backward to rotate the current character counterclockwise.
Name: Flip horizontal Menu: Character | Flip horizontal Shortcut: Alt + C , H
Use Character | Flip horizontal to flip character points around the vertical axis.
Name: Flip vertical Menu: Character | Flip vertical Shortcut: Alt + C , V
Use Character | Flip vertical to flip character points around the horizontal axis.
Name: Clear Menu: Character | Clear Shortcut: Ctrl + Del
Use Clear to delete all the patterns from the current character.
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