# Alt characters not showing up as alts for designated letters

**URL:** <https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/alt-characters-not-showing-up-as-alts-for-designated-letters/9552>\
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**Created:** [August 10, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/alt-characters-not-showing-up-as-alts-for-designated-letters/9552 "2018-08-10T18:59:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![brentrbates](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@brentrbates](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/brentrbates)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/alt-characters-not-showing-up-as-alts-for-designated-letters/9552/1 "2018-08-10T18:59:52Z")

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Once the font has been instaled in illustrator/photoshops glyphs panel I can see all my fonts characters, however, If I highlight the “a” and click the “alternate for selection” my alternate a’s do not appear. this is the case for “a-z”

I have names my alternates in different ways such as (.001, .ss01, .cv01)

The font is a hand-lettered font so I do have some code in CALT to cycle through two different classes variants of the font.

any insight would be greatly appreciated 🙂

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**Author:** ![mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/mekkablue/32/23_2.png) [@mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/mekkablue)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/alt-characters-not-showing-up-as-alts-for-designated-letters/9552/2 "2018-08-10T20:45:10Z")

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Click on _File \> Font Info \> Features \> Update._ The font needs to have up-to-date `aalt` and stylistic set features.

Are you using the [Adobe Fonts folder?](http://www.glyphsapp.com/tutorials/testing-your-fonts-in-adobe-apps)

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**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/alt-characters-not-showing-up-as-alts-for-designated-letters/9552/3 "2018-08-11T12:22:15Z")

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The popup in adobe apps need the aalt feature. Normally that is done by referencing all other features. But you can write that yourself. Something like

```auto
sub a from [a.001 a.ss01 a.something];

```

Do that for each base glyph.