Glyph Explorer & Character Map

Inspect a typeface’s supported Unicode characters, glyph outlines, metrics, and OpenType capabilities. Understand the fundamental distinction between abstract characters and rendered visual glyphs.

License: SIL Open Font License 1.1

Reference Font:

Inter (Sans Serif (Neo-Grotesque))

Poppins (Geometric Sans Serif)

Playfair Display (Transitional / Modern Serif)

Roboto Mono (Monospace (Engineering))

Noto Sans Gujarati (Indic Script (Gujarati Lipi))

Filter Block:

All Characters

Basic Latin (ASCII)

Extended Latin

Currency Symbols

Punctuation & Marks

Math & Symbols

Gujarati (Indic Script)

OpenType Ligatures

Glyph Repertoire (121 Entries)

Click any cell to inspect OpenType metrics

U+0041

U+0042

U+0043

U+0044

U+0045

U+0046

U+0047

U+0048

U+0049

U+004A

U+004B

U+004C

U+004D

U+004E

U+004F

U+0050

U+0051

U+0052

U+0053

U+0054

U+0055

U+0056

U+0057

U+0058

U+0059

U+005A

U+0061

U+0062

U+0063

U+0064

U+0065

U+0066

U+0067

U+0068

U+0069

U+006A

U+006B

U+006C

U+006D

U+006E

U+006F

U+0070

U+0071

U+0072

U+0073

U+0074

U+0075

U+0076

U+0077

U+0078

U+0079

U+007A

U+0030

U+0031

U+0032

U+0033

U+0034

U+0035

U+0036

U+0037

U+0038

U+0039

U+00C0

U+00C1

U+00C2

U+00C4

U+00C5

U+00C6

U+00C7

U+00C9

U+00C8

U+00D1

U+00D8

U+00DC

U+00DF

U+00E9

U+00E8

U+00F1

U+00E7

₹

U+20B9

€

U+20AC

U+00A3

U+00A5

U+00A2

U+0026

U+0040

U+0023

U+0025

U+003F

U+0021

—

U+2014

–

U+2013

“

U+201C

”

U+201D

•

U+2022

U+00B6

U+00A7

U+002B

−

U+2212

U+00D7

U+00F7

U+003D

≈

U+2248

≠

U+2260

→

U+2192

અ

U+0A85

આ

U+0A86

ક

U+0A95

ખ

U+0A96

ગ

U+0A97

ચ

U+0A9B

ત

U+0AA4

ન

U+0AA8

મ

U+0AB2

ર

U+0AB0

૧

U+0AE7

૨

U+0AE8

U+FB01

U+FB02

ffi

U+FB03

ffl

U+FB04

Glyph Inspection Inspector

BASELINE

LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A

Script: Latin

cmap Encoded

Unicode Scalar:

U+0041

Decimal Codepoint:

CSS Escape:

\0041

Units Per Em:

2048 units

Est. Advance Width:

87px

Sidebearings (LSB / RSB):

7px / 7px

Inspect in Companion Lab Tools:

Inspect Outline in Letter Anatomy Lab →Test Pair Kerning in Kerning Studio →Experiment in Typography Playground →

Pedagogical Foundation: Character ≠ Glyph

1. The Character (Semantic Codepoint)

A character is an abstract semantic code point assigned by the Unicode Standard (such as U+0041 for “A” or U+20B9 for “₹”). It represents textual meaning independently of visual appearance.

2. The Glyph (Visual Contour Geometry)

A glyph is the actual vector drawing rendered by a font binary. One character may map to multiple visual glyphs (such as small caps, swash alternates, or tabular digits) through OpenType substitution tables.

3. GSUB Ligatures & Complex Scripts

Multiple characters can combine into a single visual glyph (such as “f” + “i” → “fi” ligature), while Indic scripts like Gujarati require complex reordering and conjunct substitution during shaping.