Private Character Editor
Encyclopedia
Private Character Editor is a limited font editor
that comes with Windows for creating private use characters. Those characters are user-defined characters
as prescribed under Unicode. The program is accessible via the Start Menu
on East Asian editions of Windows. Prior to Windows 7, where it is located in the Accessories → Systems Tools folder, it is only accessible from Run command
or command line on other editions of Windows. However, the program itself can be found in the folder
Font editor
A font editor is a class of application software specifically designed to create or modify computer font files.Font editors differ greatly depending if they are designed to edit bitmap fonts or outline fonts. Modern font editors mostly deal with the outline fonts, because bitmap fonts are an older...
that comes with Windows for creating private use characters. Those characters are user-defined characters
Character (computing)
In computer and machine-based telecommunications terminology, a character is a unit of information that roughly corresponds to a grapheme, grapheme-like unit, or symbol, such as in an alphabet or syllabary in the written form of a natural language....
as prescribed under Unicode. The program is accessible via the Start Menu
Start menu
The Start Menu and Start Button are user interface elements used in the later versions of the Microsoft Windows operating systems and in some X window managers...
on East Asian editions of Windows. Prior to Windows 7, where it is located in the Accessories → Systems Tools folder, it is only accessible from Run command
Run command
On the Microsoft Windows operating system, the Run command is used to directly open an application or document whose path is known. It functions more or less like a single-line command line interface....
or command line on other editions of Windows. However, the program itself can be found in the folder
C:\WINDOWS\system32, under the name eudcedit.exe.