Thumbnail preview showing symbols instead of font sample

[lindac]

Hi..

If you choose ‘Large Symbols’ in ‘View’ in the Windows Explorer, the preview thumbnail of most font files (.otf and .ttf) show the letters Abg of the typeface. Here's an example:



I just created a font and when I saved as otf/ttf, my font preview icon shows ∑√≠ instead of Abg. 

I googled first (before posting) and found the fix for fontlab (http://typedrawers.com/discussion/1174/font-preview-icons-in-windows) but can't find a fix for Type 3.2.

Any idea how to fix this so my preview icon shows the letters (Abg) instead of the odd characters?

Thanks!
Linda

[Allan Murray]

The equivalent action in Type 3.2 to what is described in the Fontlab forum, would be:

With the Mapping Window set to unicode scripts, select 2200 Mathematical Operators in the drop-down menu, then uncheck the active checkbox.