To view glyphs in the set, choose the set from the Show menu at the top of the Glyphs panel.If you have more than one glyph set, select the appropriate set from the submenu. To add glyphs to the set, select a glyph in the Glyphs panel, and then choose Add to Glyph Set from the panel menu.Choose New Glyph Set from the Glyphs panel menu.Glyph sets are saved with your copy of InDesign. If you use certain glyphs frequently-for example, if you're working on a cookbook and need to access various fractions-you can save them as a glyph set for quick access. In the Edit Glyph Set dialog box, you can select a glyph and uncheck Remember Font with Glyph. To save glyphs without font information, choose Edit Glyph Set from the Glyphs panel menu, and select the set you want to edit from the submenu.

However, for more common glyphs, such as 1/2 fractions or bullets, you may not want to associate a font with each glyph. This is useful for unusual glyphs that may not exist in every font. If you see an arrow in the lower-right corner of a glyph's field, click it to view and select alternates.Д«y default, when you add a glyph to a glyph set, InDesign associates the current font with it. Alternates indicator: Some glyphs have alternates, or different visual forms, from which you can choose.This makes it easy to find the right glyph but does not affect the size of the character you insert. Scale buttons: Click the scale buttons in the lower-right corner of the panel to increase or decrease the size of the glyphs shown.The menu next to it lets you choose a variation of the font such as Bold or Italic. You can select a different font from the menu in the lower-left corner of the panel. Font menu: By default, the Glyphs panel displays the font in use at the text insertion point.The options vary according to what is built into the font, with OpenType fonts generally offering the most options. Show menu: You can limit the glyphs shown in the panel by choosing an option from the Show menu such as Alternates for Selection or Standard Ligatures.Recently Used: The most recent glyphs you access are listed across the top of the Glyphs panel for quick insertion.The Glyphs panel provides access to all the fonts currently active on your system and offers the following controls: The glyph is inserted and formatted according to the surrounding character formats. To insert a glyph at the text insertion point, scroll through the panel to locate the glyph and then double-click. To access every variation of every character within a font, choose Type > Glyphs to open the Glyphs panel ( Figure 35). If you end up inserting these characters often, you might want to learn and remember their standard keyboard shortcuts or create your own (see #3). The character is inserted at the text insertion point and formatted with the active font. , Paragraph Symbol В¶, or Registered Trademark Symbol В® the Hyphens and Dashes submenu lets you insert an Em Dash-or En Dash вЂ“. For example, the Symbols submenu lets you insert a Bullet Inserting Common Special CharactersДЇrom the Insert Special Character submenus (Type menu), you can insert commonly used characters. The smallest unit of a font is actually a glyph, not a character.) If you frequently access the same glyphs, you can save them as glyph sets. (A glyph is a form of a character for example, some fonts include several different versions of an ampersand. To see all the characters in a font, use the Glyphs panel. InDesign provides quick access to common special characters through the Insert Special Character submenu in the Type menu. Many of the special typographic features within fonts-from bullets and em dashes to fractions and ligatures-cannot be found on the keyboard.

#35 Inserting Special Characters and Glyphs

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