Must-Have Font Utility | Review by Erik VlietinckPopChar X 9
PopChar X is a utility that allows you to view all the characters of any font in any of
the font folders on your system, paste them in a document, view information about
them, and more. (For the Windows version of PopChar, check out PopChar Win.)
PopChar X offers a Character info window where you’ll find details about the
character’s encoding in various representations according to the Unicode standard,
as well as a preview field showing the character with its typographic properties—
a real boon for designers. In addition, the Fonts tab of the Character Info window
shows a list of all fonts that contain the selected character, which is extremely
useful, as not all fonts will contain all of the same characters. Instead of guessing
the reason that a specific character doesn’t appear in a particular font, PopChar
X 9 shows you in an instant.
One great new feature of version 9 is that PopChar lets you assign one or several
alternate names to characters. For example, I added a couple more names to an
Arabic character and was able to find them instantly. The Rename field is big enough
to add anything that makes sense to you, including comments.
Many people nowadays use emojis, and PopChar X 9 displays symbols separately
that would otherwise be difficult to create, since they actually consist of multiple char-
acters. For example, a “base character” that’s modified by a symbol for a profession, a
male/female symbol, and optionally a skin tone, are all simply clickable and selectable.
When I want to insert a character for which I can’t remember the keyboard
combination, I often find myself reaching for PopChar X. And this will only be easier
and faster now that I can give those characters meaningful names. My use is pretty
basic; but if you’re involved in any sort of design work that uses many fonts, your use
may be far more sophisticated. nCompany: Ergonis SoftwarePrice: € 2 9.9 9Hot: Character Info; no need to
remember Unicode font names;
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