Font Family Search Commands

Note: This document contain pre-release information not currently enabled in the released Store build of Character Map UWP.

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.

char: Search for font containing specific characters

Searches for font families that contain fonts with the specified glyphs

Examples:

• char: abc returns all font families containing font files all the letters a, b and c
• char: ←↗ returns all font families containing font files that have both the glyphs ← and ↗
• char: 嘉 returns all font families containing the ideograph 嘉

filepath: Search for fonts by file path

Performs partial matching on the file path, if the font has one

Note: this search is CPU intensive the first time it is run and may take a few seconds to complete, and will significantly increase the apps memory usage (as file path data must be loaded for every font)

Examples:

• 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

foundry: Search for fonts by Foundry/Manufacturer

Performs partial matching of the fonts foundry/manufacturer metadata field

Examples:

• foundry: monotype returns all font families containing font files that have monotype inside their manufacturer metadata field
• foundry: microsoft returns all font families containing font files that have microsoft inside their manufacturer metadata field

designer: Search for fonts by Designer

Performs partial matching of the fonts designer metadata field

Examples:

• designer: monotype type returns all font families containing font files that have monotype type inside their designer metadata field