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PS-Interp
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April 2, 2015
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How to search for available glyphs in a downloaded CID font?

  • April 2, 2015
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I have a downloaded CID font. All the font and glyph information is in the font. How can I write a PostScript program to search the font to find the available glyphs inside the font?

Thanks so much in advance for any help.

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jdeubert
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April 4, 2015

Hi.

In what format are you hoping to return your search results? Unfortunately, CID fonts are not as exploration-friendly as Type 1 fonts. In particular, there are no character names, so the best you can do is print a sample sheet of some or all of the character set.

- John

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PS-InterpAuthor
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April 5, 2015

Hi John,

In either CID number or a sample sheet of characters with their CID number. Most importantly, I would like to know what hoops I have to jump through to reach the glyph descriptors.


Thanks so much,

Robert

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