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August 13, 2019
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schwa Symbol for Adobe Cronos family?

  • August 13, 2019
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I've used Cronos for a longtime client and our materials need to include the "schwa" symbol, essentially an upside down "e" in between diagonal hash lines, like this: /e/, but with the "e" upside down. I've needed to do this manually in limited instances but the materials I am producing are calling for more use of this symbol. I found the instructions using the ABC Extended keyboard to use option+shift+: and "a" to create this but the font changes to Lucida Grande. I'd like to stay in the same family so fonts are consistent, and am wondering if Adobe has made any character enhancements to this family. I can't find any way of contacting them directly on this, so posting here.

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HARSHIKA_VERMA
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Community Manager
August 20, 2019

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out. Unfortunately, the schwa isn’t included in the character set for Cronos. I will forward your feedback to our concerned team that you'd love to get it added in the Cronos family.

For now, I would suggest using other fonts that include schwa in it. Please let me know if you need further assistance on this. I'd be happy to help.

Thanks,

Harshika

Participant
August 20, 2019

Thanks for your reply Harshika.

I'm sure the team will jump right on adding that glyph to the family ;-), I've since learned just how many thousands of characters there are out there and can understand better why type designers cannot include them all in their families. I can make due with alternate fonts or my own makeshift solution of inserting an upside down character into a text box and inserting the box into the copy.