Select the font and the font style and press OK. Go to "Window -> Reference" to choose a character.Ĭlick the Font button to choose the font. The Private Character Editor allows you to select a pre-existing symbol to be used as reference for your new character.
How to Use Existing Characters to Create Your Own Characters To do so, go to Edit and choose the option you need. The Eraser tool will remove 2x2 areas of drawing.Īs you would expect from any similar tool, you can cut, copy, paste or delete a selection.
The Free Form Selection works like the Rectangular Selection tool, only that you can choose any shape you want to be selected. Click in the middle of the selected area to move it or drag it's corners and sides to change it's shape. The Rectangular Selection tool allows you to select a rectangle shaped area. Hollow Ellipse and Filled Ellipse are the tools you need when you want to draw circles or any other rounded shape figures. If you want your rectangles to be filled, try the Filled Rectangle tool. To draw rectangles of any type and size, use the Hollow Rectangle. Hold down the left mouse button in the point where you want the line to start and release it at the line's end. If you want to draw 2x2 squares, use the second tool, named the Brush.įor lines, just like those in Paint, use the Straight Line tool. Using it you can only draw on one square at a time. The tools can be found on the left side of the window, or by going to "Tools -> Item". Private Character Editor gives you 10 tools to create a character. Your canvas is a 50x50 grid in which you can draw anything you like, as you do in Paint. How to Use the Tools Available for Creating a New Character Once you have chosen the hexadecimal code, you are free to create your own character. Now each box shows the associated character.
For example, I have previously created 2 symbols: one with the code E040 and the other one with E041. After you create a character, you will see it in the corresponding box. When you open the Private Character Editor for the first time, the whole grid is empty. It's up to you what code you choose for your new character. If you choose the first box, the code will be E000, if you choose the box from the second column and the first row, the code will be E001 and so on.
Therefore, your new character must be also identified by a code. That’s because each character in a font has a hexadecimal code to identify it. The first thing that you are requested, is to choose a hexadecimal code for the new symbol you are about to create. How to Select the Hexa Code for Your New Character
There’s isn’t any meaningful difference when compared with the Windows 7 version of the tool.
To learn how to pin items to the Start screen, read this tutorial: The Complete Guide to Pinning Everything to the Windows 8 Start Screen.īelow you can see how the program looks in Windows 8. If you want to, you can even pin this file to the Start screen or the taskbar, for faster access. Double click or tap on it to open the Private Character Editor. The, go to C:\Windows\System32 and look for the eudcedit.exe file. Then, click or tap the Private Character Editor search result.Īlternatively, you can use File Explorer and open the partition where Windows 8 is installed (in most cases it is the "C:" drive). While on the Start screen, type the word "character" and filter the results by Settings. In Windows 8, the Private Character Editor is not accessible from the All Apps list on the Start screen. How to Start the Private Character Editor in Windows 8 The Private Character Editor application will open and look similar to the screenshot below. You can go to "Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Private Character Editor".Īlternatively, you can write the word "private" in the Start Menu search box and choose Private Character Editor. There are several ways to find the Private Character Editor. How to Start the Private Character Editor in Windows 7 NOTE: You can run Private Character Editor only if you are logged in as Administrator. They can be inserted into any document, whenever you need. In this guide, I will show how to create and save your unique symbols using Private Character Editor. But, what about making your own special characters in Windows? Yes, you can do that. In a previous tutorial, we have shared how easy it is to insert private characters with Character Map.