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Font Family Search Commands
JohnnyWestlake edited this page Jul 11, 2024
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The font list search box (and collection management view font search box) supports a number of search commands outside of the default font-family name searching, enabled by prefixing your search query with certain keyphrases detailed below.
Tip
The same syntax can be used to create automatically updating Smart Collections
Searches for font families that contain fonts with all of the specified glyphs
Examples:
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char: abc
returns all font families containing font files that have all the lettersa
,b
andc
-
char: ←↗
returns all font families containing font files that have both the glyphs←
and↗
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char: 嘉
returns all font families containing the ideograph嘉
Performs partial matching on the file path, if the font has one
Examples:
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filepath: \APPDATA\LOCAL\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\FONTS\
will find font families containing font files installed to the users local windows account, and not for all windows users -
filepath: C:\WINDOWS\FONTS\
will find font families containing font files installed to Windows on the C:\ drive for all users -
filepath: \ROAMING\ADOBE\CORESYNC\
will find font families containing font files with\ROAMING\ADOBE\CORESYNC\
in their file path. This is useful for finding font families installed by Adobe Creative Cloud. -
filepath: .ttf
will find all font families containing font file with.ttf
file extensions
Performs partial matching of the fonts foundry/manufacturer metadata field
Examples:
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foundry: monotype
returns all font families containing font files that havemonotype
inside their manufacturer metadata field -
foundry: microsoft
returns all font families containing font files that havemicrosoft
inside their manufacturer metadata field
Performs partial matching of the fonts designer metadata field
Examples:
-
designer: monotype type
returns all font families containing font files that havemonotype type
inside their designer metadata field