Font Forum

I'd love to be able to call up a table showing the left and right (and possibly top and bottom) bearing line position for each glyph; and also the difference between the two (i.e. the height and width of the glyph.) And, as long as I'm asking, to be able to sort by any of these numbers. And if the n...

I'm designing a font for Laos. Lao does not put a space between words, so in a paragraph of text, the computer doesn't know where it can start a new line. Instead, it breaks at random and often inappropriate spots. Somehow, the typist needs to be able to say "You can break the line here." ...

I'm new to this, and confused about mapping, and can't find answers to these questions. (I've read "How to add characters defined in the supplementary planes", which was helpful but not sufficient.) I'm undoubtedly garbling some terminology but will try to be clear. I'm designing a new key...