Create a font table for all available characters for a particular font

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I have several ornamental fonts and I'd like to create key maps. That is, I want to know what symbol the letter a maps to by having a nice table. The problem is, many of these fonts don't include all the characters and I don't know, a priori, which ones are included. I'd rather not have a mess of empty boxes filling up the table. Is it possible to iterate through the valid characters in a font and just display them? Any (Lua, Con, Xe, La, etc...)-Tex solution is welcome.

score 18 · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-05T07:48:13.710

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can be done with luatex. \OD is the font face of the ornament font (needed on TeX level)

\documentclass[a5paper]{article}
\usepackage{luacode}
\usepackage[margin=0.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{multicol}
\setlength{\columnsep}{0.3cm} \setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}

\newfontface\OD{OrnamentalDecoration.otf}
\begin{document}

\begin{multicols}{4}\noindent
\begin{luacode*}
local f = fontloader.open('OrnamentalDecoration.otf')
local glyphs = {}
for i = 0, f.glyphmax - 1 do
   local g = f.glyphs[i]
   if g then
       table.insert(glyphs, {name = g.name, unicode = g.unicode})
   end
end
table.sort(glyphs, function (a,b) return (a.unicode < b.unicode) end)
for i = 1, #glyphs do
   tex.sprint(glyphs[i].unicode .. ": ")
   if (glyphs[i].unicode > 0) then
       tex.sprint("{\\OD\\char" .. glyphs[i].unicode .. "}");
   end
   tex.print(" {\\small(")
   tex.print(-2, glyphs[i].name )
   tex.sprint(')}\\\\')
end
fontloader.close(f)
\end{luacode*}
\end{multicols}

\end{document}

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edited Apr 05 '14 at 07:48

answered Feb 18 '13 at 19:14

Just so I understand, the check is in (glyphs[i].unicode > 0)? Great work, this is perfect! – Hooked Feb 18 '13 at 19:18
This is much nicer than my code in http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/98188/how-can-i-access-a-specific-glyph-in-lualatex-fontspec/98224#98224 – Charles Stewart Feb 18 '13 at 19:19
@Hooked: and also if g then ... – Feb 18 '13 at 19:20
Here is a patched version that can also print out the -1 glyphs! – Guest Nov 22 '22 at 22:05

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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In ConTeXt you can use the fnt-10 module to display a list of the glyphs of a particular font. See also my answer to “Accessing font ornaments” for a more detailed description of how to use the symbols.

\usemodule [fnt-10]
\starttext
    \ShowCompleteFont{name:minionproregular}{10pt}{1}
\stoptext

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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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answered Feb 18 '13 at 19:39

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