How To Create Your Font With Windows Private Character Editor

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Step 1: Launch The Private Character Editor Application

Private Character Editor has never been publicised by Microsoft and has remained hidden within system files. You will not even find a shortcut of this application in the start menu. To access this tool, you can use any of the following three methods:

Method 1: Type Private Character Editor in the search box on the taskbar.

Method 2: Press Windows + R key to open Run Box and type eudcedit and click on OK.

Method 3: Navigate to C:\Windows\System 32\eudcedit.exe on your computer and double click on eudcedit.exe to initiate the application.

Note: You can also create a shortcut from the executable file by making a right-click and selecting Create Shortcut from the contextual menu. It will be placed on your desktop.

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Step 2: Select Code To Assign The Character

The first step you will have to do when the Private Character Editors launches, is to select a code. As the app window opens, you will find a secondary window open with the app where you have to select code first. The code you select will be automatically assigned to the new character you create. You can only use the new character created if you know the right code.

The total number of characters that one can create is 6400, which is a pretty large number. There are 16 values on the top row and 400 values mentioned on the left side, which are combined to make all the 6400 codes.

For example, if you select the sixth code in the second row, the code will combine out to be E016.

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Step 3: Create A Character

Now that you have selected code and clicked on OK, the code box will be replaced by a drawing grid of 64 x 64 blocks. You can use your mouse cursor and clicks to design any character you want within the drawing board. Although it is mostly freehand drawing, there are a few tools that can help you design the character. The colour used for the drawing will always be black, which will start filling the blocks with left click. And on the other hand, a right-click on a block would remove the black colour and make it empty again. This is the best way of drawing as you can rectify any error at any point in time. The basic tools available are shown below:

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Step 4: Edit A Character

If you like doing things the easier way, then you can import a character that is already in your system and modify it, the original character will not be altered as the changes you make will be saved as code number that you have chosen in the beginning. The process to import a character is:

Click on Edit tab from the top and then click on Copy Character from the drop-down menu.

Select the character from the new dialog box that opens. You can change the font from the bottom right corner and scroll down to get a character that is almost similar to what you want.

Click on OK and the character will be copied in your work area, where you can further changes and save it.

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Step 5. Save The Character

The final step in how to create fonts with Windows Private Character Editor is to save your hard work spent in creating a new character. Follow these steps to save your newly created character:

Click on the File Tab and then on Font Links.

A dialog box will appear asking you to save the character. Click on Yes to save the effort.

Next, another prompt will appear asking you to make the character. Available for all fonts or specific fonts only. Choose “Link with All Fonts” and click on OK.

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Step 6: Use The Character

So the application was launched, Character was created and saved. What Next? Why, we must know how to use it, of course? Here are the steps to use the newly created characters:

Open the Windows Character Map by pressing the Windows + R keys to open the Run box and then type charmap in the text box.

In the Windows Character Map window, click on the drop-down menu on the top and select “All Fonts (Private Characters)”. All the characters created will be displayed here.

Select any character you want to copy and then click on Select and Copy, and this will be copied to the clipboard.

Note: For Microsoft Word file, enter the code of the character selected and then press Alt + X

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