Type all font glyphs in Illustrator

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Hi - I need to be able to type all my font’s glyphs in Illustrator for testing. I need the whole set that appears in the glyphs window (inside Illustrator) that means ss, alts, etc. How can I easily copy paste them?

Thanks!

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Copy and paste you can only do with characters, IOW only glyphs that have a Unicode value. There is a way to put AI-style info into the clipboard as well but I haven’t been able to figure out how exactly yet.

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:disappointed_relieved:…

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You can make a JavaScript or AppleScript that sets the features though. But it would need to recognize where to activate which feature.

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Can’t you just open up the Glyphs panel in Illustrator and manually insert all the characters in your font?

Illustrator: Window>Type>Glyphs

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Yeah I can do that but it’s a 1800 glyphs font :slight_smile: and you can insert just one per click :hot_face:

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Took my 11.2 seconds to import 18 glyphs manually. Should be around 20 minutes to paste everything including some minor slack if my math is correct ,-)

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Start with mekkablue > Test > Copy InDesign Test Text then paste in illustrator, and set OT features.

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@otherviews I’ve been using this InDesign script for years, find the Creative Cloud version at the bottom: https://indesignsecrets.com/make-a-font-contact-sheet-in-indesign.php

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I usually use this method;
from the macro panel in Glyphs,
run this script:

font = Glyphs.font
string = ''
print string
for glyph in font.glyphs:
	if glyph.unicode != None:
		#html
		string += '&#x'+ str(glyph.unicode) + '; '
print string

then just copy the results into text file and save it as [.html] ,
and then from [.html] file (View Mode) copy your glyphs to your illustrator file .

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Or simply add a Smart Filter with:

  • Has Unicode: yes
  • Export: yes

Then select all, copy, paste in the app of your liking.

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