Seeing the full character set of an Adobe font

[Steve343628595xxc]

On the Adobe Fonts Browse All page I changed the sample text to include an uncommon character (ḥ) and received the following message:

Seeing lots of xx? We show only a subset of characters on this browse page, which is best explored using the text strings in our drop-down menu. Check the individual family pages to see the full character set and to set custom text.

When I go to the page for an individual family as requested, I don't see the full character set, but a list of supported languages.

Is there any way on the site to see the full character set for a font? Or is there a place to see what characters a font must include to qualify as supporting a specific language?

[J E L]

Hi @Steve343628595xxc, as far as I know, there isn't a quick or easy way to preview the entire font or find out what languages are supported on the fonts.adobe.com website. It can be frustrating! I typically activate it and open a glyphs panel and if it doesn't have what I want I deactivate it. Sometimes, I can click through to the foundry page or the designer's website and see the entire font. I wish there was an “at a glance” way to see the full character set of each font. Like a Character Map tool.

[Steve343628595xxc]

Thanks. I was holding out hope because of the "Check the individual family pages to see the full character set" claim in the notification.

Maybe it was there in the past? Maybe it's aspirational?

[J E L]

I don't think it was there in the past … but possibly it's aspirational. The overall organization of the font site is not optimal but there is a lot to go through. Note, if you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, you'll find two blocks that show language support for desktop and web. That is helpful but not sure it appears for every font.

and you can also use a filter by language:

[Steve343628595xxc]

Thanks @J E L , I had noticed those language support features on the font pages... but if there isn't a way to determine what glyphs a font needs to obtain a specific label (e.g. "any font that is labeled Malay by default must include the following set of glyphs") then that additional data doesn't really help when you're trying to identify a font that supports one or more specific uncommon glyphs.

[J E L]

Ah, @Steve343628595xxc, I see what you mean about the glyphs. Well, hopefully there will be some improvements to the font site before too long!

[Bobby Henderson]

This is a late reponse, but I and several others have made feature requests at the Adobe Fonts User Voice page asking for a glyphs table feature to be added. According to my own request the idea is under review. It's something the developers have wanted to add for a long time. I don't know the mechanics for what it would take to add the feature; I'm just hoping the task is not too difficult or time consuming. I definitely look at a glyphs table for any commercial font I'm considering buying. Additional character sets (such as native small capitals, alternate characters, etc) definitely influence the buying decision.

[Steve343628595xxc]

Thanks @Bobby Henderson , I wasn't aware of the User Voice site. I've upvoted some some of the ideas suggested there that are advocating for a glyph table on the font page.