Is there a Unicode (decimal 45) in the Glyphs Font window?

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[Not super savvy in that environment, so I might be crossing some wires here.]

Also called the “hyphen-minus” for code editors (perhaps with a PC keyboard?).

Is this just the /hyphen (u002D next to the /zero key) on the Mac keyboard, or is it just the /minus (u2212)?

Basically I’m wondering if or can I treat that as separate character that can have a slightly different design, or is it mapped to one of those others and needs to be altered there?

Thanks

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You can get information about Unicode characters in Window > Glyphs Info. Search for the code (in hex, 45 == 002D).

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Thanks Georg. So it appears they are effectively one and the same character, and alterations made to the /hyphen (002D) will be present for the hex 45 character.

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Not effectively. They are the same character.

2D is simply the hexadecimal representation of the number 45, and Unicode values are given in hexadecimal rather than decimal numbers (zero-padded to four characters, so 002D instead of just 2D).

The glyph /minus, hexadecimal 2212, would be decimal 8722 instead.

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Thanks for expanding upon and confirming that point Janus. This was helpful to understand better.