Re: [fontforge-users] Viewing Glyphs

Update to the update :-)
I should have known…

Have a look at:
Fontself
https://youtu.be/swBmyvjUq48

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM Gé van Gasteren <gev...@gm...>
wrote:

> Update/correction to my previous post:
>
> https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/add-custom-fonts-on-an-iphone-or-ipad
>
> It’s a web page talking about installing third-party fonts on iPad, so
> more is possible than I had thought.
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM Gé van Gasteren <gev...@gm...>
> wrote:
>
>> Some questions remain… like Wakamatsu-san has already written, it’s not
>> very clear what you’re trying to achieve.
>>
>> There are many viewer apps with which you can see all the characters in a
>> font, also for iPad.
>> But installing your own fonts on iPad isn’t possible, as far as I know:
>> The only way to "install" fonts is to install an app that has them inside
>> its code.
>> https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ipad/ipad952422ba/ipados
>> So on iPad it’s very different than on a computer, where you can install
>> downloaded font files one by one.
>>
>> Even for computers, there aren’t many apps that allow you to really work
>> with the alternative glyphs in fonts, i.e. those which don’t have a Unicode
>> slot.
>> Adobe InDesign is one app that provides good access to such glyphs.
>>
>> As you probably know, Fontforge lets you create and edit your own fonts,
>> and also allows you to open (import) existing fonts and copy and paste
>> outlines from them into your own font.
>> Whether that is a good thing to do is another matter, because you’d
>> basically be pirating other people’s work.
>> And, as said, to get your custom font into an iPad, you’d have to write
>> an app that includes your font.
>>
>> But maybe I completely misunderstand your situation?
>> If desired, you can please describe the exact steps you’d want to take,
>> or the result you’re aiming for.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 3:10 AM Cassidy Childress via fontforge-users <
>> fon...@li...> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, I am trying to find a program where I can import fonts I have
>>> already installed and view the glyphs associated to them. I am working on
>>> an iPad and the programs such as Adobe and Procreate will not let me view
>>> glyphs. I have learned through extensive googling that I need a secondary
>>> program to view and copy/paste glyphs into the previous programs. All of
>>> the programs I have been offered have been dead ends, but I have learned
>>> very good things about font forge. Which leads me to this…I am trying to
>>> ask, will this program work for my intended purpose, and if not… are you
>>> aware of any that will?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Cassidy Childress
>>>
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