Tales of ⌧!

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The script.rb file is a basic script to illustrate how to find a character within a folder of font files. This script is intended for learning a discovery, and as such contains no tests or class structure.

Requirements

Ruby 2.4.0 or higher
Bundler to install gems

Installation

Clone this repo locally
run bundle install in the main folder of the repo

Usage

Find the Unicode codepoint for the character for which you would like to find a supporting font. You can use FileFormat.info, a search engine, or use Appendix A below for instructions on how to do it programatically.
Collect your font files into a folder
Execute the script like so: ruby script.rb /your/font/folder/path/ 308D

Example output

For a folder containing the font files SourceHansSerif-Bold.otf, SourceSerifPro-Bold.otf and SourceCodePro-Regular.otf:

$ ruby script.rb /Users/pzula/bangbangcon/Fonts/ 308D
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SourceHanSerif-Bold.otf contains 308D!
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Appendix A

If you already have the character in your pasteboard, here's a quick way to find the Unicode hex representation of the codepoint using the Ruby REPL, irb.

irb(main):001:0> character = "a"
=> "a"
irb(main):002:0> character_code = character.unpack('U*').first
=> 97
irb(main):003:0> hex_unicode = "U+" << character_code.to_s(16).upcase.rjust(4, '0')
=> "U+0061"