How to use extra chars from my fonts

In case of appli­ca­tions, the don’t sup­port advanced Open­Type fea­tures, it’s pos­si­ble to access addi­tional Glyphs man­u­ally. For insert eks­tra char from my font to text in Your doc­u­ment, You can use sys­tem apli­ca­tions like a Char­ac­ter Map (Win­dows), Char­ac­ter Map (Linux Gnome) or Char­ac­ter Palette (Mac). All addi­tional Glyphs are inserted in Uni­code – Pri­vate Use Area.

For exam­ple in sys­tem Windows:

• run Char­ac­ter Map (Start → All Pro­grams → Acce­sso­ries → Sys­tem Tools → Char­ac­ter Map)
• select the font
• check Advanced view
• in menu Group by: set to Uni­code Subrange
• in addi­tional Sub­win­dow select Pri­vate Use Characters
• click on char­ac­ter, You want to use
• click but­ton Select and next Copy
• in own documen­t, in text use option Paste or Ctrl-​V
• change the font

In sys­tem Linux (Gnome):

• run Char­ac­ter Map (Menu Start → Acces­sories → Char­ac­ter Map)
• select the font
• in menu View: select By Uni­code Block
• in left­side part select Pri­vate Use Area
• double-​click on char­ac­ter, You want to use
• click but­ton Copy
• in own Documen­t, in text use Paste or Ctrl-​V
• change the font

Remem­ber, that this method has its drawbacks:

• words with inserted char­ac­ters are not rec­og­niz­able for algo­rithms like a spell check­ing or hyphenation
• the inabil­ity to eas­ily change the font