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Once you’ve found a character, you can find other characters that are similar to it with the new Find Similar Shape context command. Use your mouse to draw a facsimile of the character you’re looking for, and PopChar will display all the characters that resemble your squiggle. The resulting Typography window shows which (if any) advanced OpenType features are available in the currently selected font.

If you have one of these fonts, you can access its features by choosing Typography from the Action pop-up menu.

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Click the icon at its upper-right to expand it back to its full size and power.įont technology has evolved over the years, and the current OpenType “Pro” fonts have a phenomenal amount of intelligence built into them. If the Characters window is a bit too large for your taste, you can minimize it by clicking the icon at the upper-right. The Pictographs and Bullets/Stars categories are especially fun. The categories in the left panel of the Characters window show you groups of related characters, such as the circle-P for Sound Recording Copyright. If you find yourself using a specific character often, add it to your Favorites by clicking the Add to Favorites button beneath it. When you find what you need, a simple double-click pops that character into your document. But even more conveniently, the Font Variation area in the lower-right part of the window also shows that same character in your other active fonts. The Characters window lets you easily find any character in a font, either by typing into the Search field or by choosing a category from the left panel.Ĭonveniently, the characters are displayed in the font that’s currently active in your document-in other words, the font that would be used if you just continued typing. When you need to find a character (or glyph, as it’s known in the world of typography), just choose Characters from that same Action menu. See a preview of any font, and adjust its size with the slider on the right.

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