moooztar Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Hi! I have Fontexplorer installed where I have a font with some graphical glyphs in it. The glyphs have a character code / glyph id and unicode. How can I insert these types of graphics into Affinity? I struggle to find a way to insert font chars based on a "code".. I would optimally as a long time Adobe user see a way to "show glyphs" of fonts and insert them "that way" (like in Illustrator). Thanks for any help! crow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 We support the standard Edit > Emoji & Symbols panel. Unfortunately it looks like Yosemite has crippled it making it less useful for browsing characters by their code. You can still type a Unicode value into the search panel, eg U+2020 will find the dagger. You may need to expand the panel first. We don't currently have any way to insert characters by their font glyph id. crow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crow Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Any plans on implementing a Glyph panel? Some glyphs don’t have Unicode values. I can copy glyphs from Font Book, but it would be nice to be able to do it directly in Designer/Publisher/Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moooztar Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Thanks! And yes Crow I agree. crow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Yes, I think we will at some stage. Mr. Doodlezz, cloudbusting, crow and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 You can insert Unicode characters on a Mac by following these steps: 1. Open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources 2. Click on the [ + ] on bottom left 3. Search for "unicode" 4. Add "Unicode Hex Input" 5. Switch to using "Unicode Hex Input" 6. Enter desired code by holding down Option key (alt) and pressing the actual code You can use this for example with Font Awesome. 1. Download the font: https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/ 2. Install it using Font Book 3. Create a text block in Affinity Designer 4. Switch input source to "Unicode Hex Input" 5. Lookup a code from the cheatsheet: https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/cheatsheet/ 6. Hold down Option (alt) and type "f0f3" to get the "bell" icon, for example Hope this helps. MacGueurle and Mik Kryger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songb♪rd Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Hi! Any update on a glyph panel in the program? I am having some real trouble inserting German text... Would be REALLY helpful! Best wishes. Phil_rose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Basic Character viewer in mac can mostly show glyphs needed. If it is not showing in menu bar item you can activate it in System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources > Show input menu in menu bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Hi! Any update on a glyph panel in the program? I am having some real trouble inserting German text... Would be REALLY helpful! Best wishes. Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Songb♪rd. :) Wonderfully inventive username, by the way! B) I see from your first post that you are a Windows user. You should be able to use the Windows Character Map for this, but there are some better alternatives, one of which is to install a German keyboard in Windows. I like and use TypeIt. Go to this page to type German characters without a German keyboard. Songb♪rd 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songb♪rd Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Thanks Alfred! Appreciate your help. Looking forward to learning everything there is to learn about the programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 You're welcome, Songb♪rd. Thanks for the feedback! Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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