What are the basic character glyphs?

Estimating for the first time on a full typeface job for a corporate client. I don’t foresee any need they will have for any exotic/esoteric character glyphs, so wanted to provide them the basic set that I will be designing. Is there an acceptable character set that is considered basic for all fonts? Where can I find this type of listing so I might review? -Thanks

Hello,
the minimum character set, MyFonts is recommendig can be found here:
https://foundrysupport.monotype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029280752-Recommended-Character-Set
If you want more, google for “Adobe Latin 3 (CE)”.
Or, if you want even more: “Adobe Latin 4”.

The character set, I include in every font is this:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZẞ[versal ß]
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzß
0123456789 .,:;…· -–—_+−±=≈≠≙#÷× „“” ‚‘’ "’
¼½¾⅓⅔⅛⅜⅝⅞ ⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹ ⁄ ₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉
ÄÁÀÂÅÃĀĂĄÆ ÇĆČ ÐĎĐ ËÉÈÊĒĖĘĚ ĞĢ ÏÍÌÎĪĮİ Ķ ĹĻĽŁ ÑŃŅŇ
ÖÓÒÔÕŌŐØŒ Þ ŔŖŘ ŚŞŠȘ ŢȚŤ ÜÚÙÛŪŮŰŲŬ ÝŸ ŹŻŽ
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öóòôõōőøœ þ ŕŗř śşšș ţťț üúùûūůűųŭ ýÿ źżž 
!? ¡¿ %‰ /|\ () [] {} €¢$£¥₺₱₽¤ §&®@©
. > < »« ›‹ ≥≤ ℓ ™ † π * ° • Ω ℮ ∂ ∆ ∏ ∑ √ ∞ ∫ ◊ ‡ ¦ ª º ¬ µ ¶
■ ▲ △ :arrow_forward: ▷ ▼ ▽ :arrow_backward: ◁ ◆ ← ↑ → ↓ ~ ^ ` ´ ˆ ˇ ˜ ¨ ¯ ˘ ˚ ˝ ˙ ¸ ˛
plus a few ligatures (depending on font).

Happy fonting :slight_smile:
Hybi

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This is hugely helpful! Thanks Hybi!

-B

Thank you @Hybi for your set. I thought I already had a lot in my standard set, but will merge yours with mine. Just thought I’d share my standard, which was based on MyFonts’ recommended minimum, plus what’s been requested from me by clients in the past.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 !@#$%^&*()`~:heart::heart:✿•·
÷×+−±≈=≠≥≤[]<>:;’",.|/?{}“”‘’-–—_
…‚„©®™‹›«»°¹²³ªº¡¿₱¢€£¥½¼¾¶§№†
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ÓÒÔÖÕŌŐØŒṔṖŔŘṘŚŜŠŞȘŤṪȚÚÙÛÜŨŮŬŪŰŲẂẀŴẄẆÝŶŸŹẐŽŻƵ
áàâäȧãåăāąæćĉčċçðđéèêëėēęḟǵĝǧḡġĥȟḧḣıíìîïīįĵḱǩłḿṁńñň
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I must admit, this is far more glyphs than him I was prepared to do. But in thinking about it a second time, I realize that some of these accents can be banged out rather quickly to finish off the full set. :slight_smile:

Many thanks for your input.