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A Umlaut A Ring С Cedilla E Acute N Tilde 0 Umlaut U Umlaut a Acute a Grave a Circumflex a Umlaut a Tilde a Ring

Alt-0196 Alt-0197 Alt-0199 Alt-0201 Alt-0209 Alt-0214 Alt-0220 Alt-0225 Alt-0224 Alt-0226 Alt-0228 Alt-0227 Alt-0229

aOpt-7 1 Opt-r Opt-g Opt-2
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Dagger Degree Cent Pound Section Bullet Paragraph German Eszett Registered Copyright Trademark Acute Umlaut

Alt-0134 Alt-0176 Alt-0162 Alt-0163 Alt-0167 Alt-0149 Alt-0182 Alt-0223 Alt-0174 Alt-0169 Alt-0153 Alt-0180 Alt-0168

Opt-c Opt-e-e Opt-'
S V

Opt-x Opt-j

Invert Question Invert Exdam- Logical Not Check Florin (Guilder) Open Open L Dbl Guillemet R Dbl Guillemet Ellipses

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Alt-0231 Alt-0233 Alt-0232

Opt-= Sh-Opt-' Sh-Opt-o

Open AE Dipthong 0 Slash

Alt-0198 Alt-0216

Opt-n-0 Sh-Opt-q Opt-q

OŒœ

A Grave A Tilde
Alt-0192 Alt-0195

0 Tilde OE Dipthong oe Dipthong
Alt-0213 Alt-0140 Alt-0156

Sh-Opt-r Sh-Opt-m Opt-i-E Sh-Opt-y Opt-u-E Opt-'-E Sh-Opt-s Sh-Opt-d Sh-Opt-f Opt-'-l Sh-Opt-h Sh-Opt-j

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Double Dagger Period Centered Sgl Base Quote Dbl Base Quote Per mill A Circumflex E Circumflex A Acute E Umlaut E Grave I Acute I Circumflex I Umlaut
Alt-0135 Alt-0183 Alt-0130 Alt-0132 Alt-0137 Alt-0194 Alt-0202 Alt-0193 Alt-0203 Alt-0200 Alt-0205 Alt-0206 Alt-0207

I Grave 0 Acute 0 Circumflex
Alt-0204 Alt-0211 Alt-0212

The ABÇs of FONT DESIGN: It Takes More Than 26 Letters

The chart above shows the character layout for a standard roman font as it appears in Fontographer and
FontLab (set to "Macintosh Roman"). I've added color coding to define character subsets such as "accents"
or "English punctuation" that are not grouped in one single area. • The chart gives names of characters
and in which category each belongs. It also is a tool to help us define those character subsets that may not
be necessary to include in certain fonts, or to ensure that no characters within a subset are left out of a
complete font. • The definition of "complete character set" will varies with each foundry. If you are not a
font designer, the chart provides key combinations for accessing hidden characters on your keyboard.
Windows encoding, such as Alt-0183, for applicable characters appears in red. • Note: "Sh" stands for Shift
key; "Opt" means Option key. Don't type hypens (as in Sh-Opt-k). An initially tricky two-step process is
required when typing composited accent characters such as ¿f. First press Option together with u. Let up and
then quickly press e. The key combination "Opt-u-U" implies that after pressing Option and letter u, we
must then press Shift plus и (though the Shift key isn't listed) to turn lowercase ü into cap Ü.

KEY TO TYPE CHART:

A complete font will require all categories below. A "basic font," as referred to
below, indicates a font that omits certain character categories as unnecessary.

Only these Í
are needed J
in a basic |
English font.

Maybe

omitted

from a

basic font.

UC & LC Alphabet
& Numerals

English Punctuation

Composited Accent
Characters

Math Characters

Classic Font Extras

Accents

Non-English Symbol
Characters

Non-English Punctuation

Open for Placing
Alternate Chars.

Inaccessible for
normal use

C-p C-q

C-r

C-s

5

C-t

One-Half One-Quarter 1 Superior Three-Quarters 3 Superior 2 Superior Broken bar Minus Multiply
Alt-0198 Alt-0188 Alt-0185 Alt-0190 Alt-0179 Alt-0178 Alt-0166 Alt-0173

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P Q

q

2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9

R S T U V W

R S TUVW

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R S T U V W

X Y

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x y

Colon Semicolon Less Than Equals Greater Question

Than Mark

Left Slash Right ASCII Underscore

Bracket Backward Bracket Circumflex

pq r s t uvwxyz

Left Curly Vertical Right Curly ASCII
Bracket Bar Bracket Tilde

Opt-i-e Opt-u-e Opt-e-i Opt-'-i Opt-i-i Opt-u-i Opt-n-n Opt-e-o Opt-'-o Opt-i-o Opt-u-o Opt-n-o Opt-e-u Opt-'-u Opt-i-u Opt-u-u

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Alt-0234 Alt-0235 Alt-0237 Alt-0236 Alt-0238 Alt-0239 Alt-0241 Alt-0243 Alt-0242 Alt-0244 Alt-0246 Alt-0245 Alt-0250 Alt-0249 Alt-0251 Alt-0252

Opt-5 Sh-Opt

Opt-,

Opt-.

II

Opt-m Opt-d

Ц

Opt-w

Sh-Opt-p

Opt-p Opt-b

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Alt-0177

Alt-0165 Alt-0181

Alt-0170 Alt-01 Í

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Alt-0230 Alt-0248

Sh-Opt-4 Sh-Opt-5 Sh-Opt-6

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Alt-0151 Alt-0147 Alt-0148 Alt-0145 Alt-0146 Alt-0247

Sh-Opt-k Sh-Opt-I Sh-Opt-; Opt-i-U Opt-'-U Sh-Opt-b

OUÛÙ i

Alt-0255 Alt-0159

Alt-0164

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Alt-0210 Alt-0218 Alt-0219 Alt-0217 Alt-0136 Alt-0152 Alt-0175 Alt-0184 Acute

4MAPF ГППІIPC Sans Serif: Straight-Vertical-Side Group Straight-Diagonal Group Straight-Bowl Group Round Grou

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like-shaped letters in LC Vertical Group LC Diagonal Stem Group LC Round Group LC Bowl Group LC Round-over Group LC Misc. LC Ascender Group LC Descender Group

groups from similar ■ ■.■#■■ ■ ■ ■ ■■ in ■ ■

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right as a general guide

to the order in which Serif: Straight-Vertical Side Group

Straight-Diagonal Group Straight-Bowl Group Round Group Numbers (shown in parts building order)

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fall between categories. LC Vertical Group LC Diagonal Stem Group LC Round Group LC Bowl Group LC Round-over Group LC Misc. LC Ascender Group LC Descender Group

This chart will not apply „.. »

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