Getting font tables (characters) within Illustrator?

On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 21:32:09 -0500, AES wrote
(in article <siegman-376864.19320902072006.TakeThisOut@news.stanford.edu>):

> Is there a way to see what characters and/or symbols are within a given
> font, and the keystrokes for them or a palette or copy/paste table of
> them, _within_ Illustrator CS?
>
> (I know about Font Book on the Mac -- though I don't see how to get an
> individual character from the font table even in that.)

The Character Palette allows one to find any character in any installed font
and to have that character inserted at the position of the cursor in an
appropriate and active document.

The Character Palette can be activated by clicking on International in System
Preferences and then clicking on the appropriate options.

Once activated make sure that the font selected in the Character Palette
matches that selected in Illustrator.

I've checked with Illustrator CS2 and the Character Palette in OS-X 10.4.7
and was able to double click on a displayed character in the Character
Palette and have that character be inserted in a text box in Illustrator.

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On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 22:29:47 -0500, Dave Balderstone wrote
(in article <020720062129473471%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>):

> In article <siegman-376864.19320902072006.DeleteThis@news.stanford.edu>, AES
> <siegman.DeleteThis@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to see what characters and/or symbols are within a given
>> font, and the keystrokes for them or a palette or copy/paste table of
>> them, _within_ Illustrator CS?
>
>
> I don't have CS loaded, but in CS2 it's Type:Glyphs:

Thank You, Dave!

That's much easier than using the character palette as I a short time ago
suggested in my response to the original poster.


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In article <siegman-376864.19320902072006 RemoveThis @news.stanford.edu>,
AES <siegman RemoveThis @stanford.edu> wrote:

> Is there a way to see what characters and/or symbols are within a given
> font, and the keystrokes for them or a palette or copy/paste table of
> them, _within_ Illustrator CS?
>
> (I know about Font Book on the Mac -- though I don't see how to get an
> individual character from the font table even in that.)

System Preferences / Personal / International / Input Menu /

Click Character Palate & Keyboard Viewer
Click "Show input menu in menu bar" [this allows you to access the
palate & Viewer from the menu bar]

No you can access all the characters in any one font in any application
all the time.
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In article <020720062129473471%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave.DeleteThis@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:

> In article <siegman-376864.19320902072006.DeleteThis@news.stanford.edu>, AES
> <siegman.DeleteThis@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to see what characters and/or symbols are within a given
> > font, and the keystrokes for them or a palette or copy/paste table of
> > them, _within_ Illustrator CS?
>
>
> I don't have CS loaded, but in CS2 it's Type:Glyphs:

Wow, I look in the Type menu, and there it is, and works like
gangbusters -- except the word "Glyph", dictionary definition

glyph, n.
1. Architecture. A vertical groove, especially in a Doric
column or frieze.
2. A symbolic figure that is usually engraved or incised.
3. A symbol, such as a stylized human figure on a public
sign, that imparts information nonverbally.

is not a search term I would have thought to use in a search
for "font table" or the equivalent, even after long experience
with computers and technical writing. Is glyph somehow a
term of art or jargon for this in graphics, esp. computer graphics?

(The alternative solution of going into International Preferences (!)
to get at a font palette seems even more arcane.)

Thanks anyway!
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