Wonderful !

Is there a (preferably free) Linux or Windows font tool out there which allows to print a font's characters and corresponding character codes ?


On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com> wrote:


Alan Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com
> <mailto:taco@elvenkind.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:23:56 +0200
>     "Alan Stone" <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com
>     <mailto:software.list.1es9s@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>      > How do you typeset font characters by their ansi code number, ex.
>     Alt+33
>      > (21h) ?
>
>     \char "21 % hex
>     \char 33  % decimal
>
>
> Thanks Taco.
>
> It didn't work as expected. It outputs exclamation points.

OK, fetched the font.

> \starttypescript [sans] [combinumerals]
>      \setups [font:fallback:sans]
>      \definefontsynonym [sans]                    [CombinumeralsRegular]
>      \definefontsynonym [sansBold]            [CombinumeralsBold]
> \stoptypescript

Two changes are needed here

[Sans]       instead of   [sans]
[SansBold]   instead of   [sansBold]

> \starttext
> %\showcharacters
> %\page

Have to add a font switching command here:

  \switchtobodyfont[combinumerals,ss]

Best wishes,
Taco