Creating new fonts in windows

But I am sure you are piqued by fonts and their creative scope. So, you can spend the next five minutes on the Private Character Editor and get to know it better. The PCE is an "under the hood" program. It has existed in almost all versions of Windows. You can do two things with the editor. There are many third-party tools like FontForge and FontStruct for designing your fonts and symbols. Then, there are umpteen websites for downloading free fonts. But the PCE is right there in your Windows system to help you create a simple symbol or character.

It is also a creative exercise to stretch the limits of the software that's right there in front of you. PCE provides basic drawing tools for creating and editing those characters with some advanced options. You can create up to 6, unique characters and include them for use in your font library. Once created, use the Character Map to insert them into any document.

Enter private in the search box, and click Private Character Editor under Fonts. Open the command prompt window. Right-click anywhere on the desktop. Click Next to advance to the screen where you give a name to the shortcut. Press Finish to set up the shortcut on your desktop. PCE starts with a Select Code window. This window associates the character you are about to create with a specific place in the Windows character library. The funny numbers on the Select Code grid are hexadecimal codes that will be allotted to your new character.

For instance, if you choose the first box, the code will be E If you pick the box from the second column and the first row, the code will be E Select any of the little gray boxes and click on OK. The interface of the editor is barebones with a grid drawing area and the drawing toolbar with 10 tools on the left. You can also access the drawing tools from the Tools menu. The grid represents the total area of a character measuring 64 x The drawing area is simple enough for a third grader to understand but the actual drawing takes a calligraphist's hand.

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