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Very impressive, Erwin, but what's the explanation for the strange totals in some of the Unicode ranges (e.g. Greek and Coptic 144/134)?

tsalagimahariel wrote:I must've misunderstood. Alright, I'll make plans to upgrade soon.

Don't leave it too long! "Specials run until February 01, 2014"

The first three cells in the font need to be as follows. .notdef .null nonmarkingreturn It is a good idea for the fourth cell to be as follows. space As I reported in an earlier post to this thread: When I re-export the font, it works for me regardless of whether or not I've sorted it by Unicode co...

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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Open your project file.

Tools, Sort font, by Unicode code-points.

Then export the font again. That will fix it.

When I re-export the font, it works for me regardless of whether or not I've sorted it by Unicode codepoints.

tsalagimahariel wrote:Ok I have it to work now only thing is it replaces them with a square instead of my glyph. The name is righ but my ligature glphs don't have codepoints as I don't know what to use for a custom ligature.

Use the Private Use Area ($E000 - $F8FF).

Which version of FontCreator do you have, and which edition (Home, Standard, or Professional)?

Kerning pairs are for adjusting the spacing between two glyphs (e.g. making 'A' and 'V' closer together when you type 'AV'). What you're asking about is replacing a sequence of glyphs with a single glyph: this is a standard ligature, for which you should use the OpenType liga feature.

Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:It is very user-friendly, so I think you can work out what it does. As with all code, syntax is crucial. Make backups before meddling with the file, which is found in the installation folder\Composites\ subfolder.

Thanks. Please rest assured that I have no plans to meddle with that file!

Just add the middle-dot glyph to your font — copy the period glyph, and move it up a bit, or use Complete Composites. The latter method will scale the dot down by 85% and move it to the middle of the Caps Height. Is there an explanation of this anywhere? There is very little detail in the FontCreat...

This Microsoft document may provide some useful information: Tamil OpenType specification.

Fontmeester wrote:On the other hand, Word DOES recognize something called Bopomofo....

Read all about it here: Zhuyin fuhao.

Plus I am not seeing some of my posts... and then they seem to show up later...but after ones I posted in the meantime.... ANYWAY: It is still not working. My plan to go the the Insert Character window (yes, it's green and it's a grid), make sure I was sitting in the Private use area (A or B) DID N...

I am very sorry people, but I also cannot figure out how to respond to these messages specifically (to the sender), so... Click the 'quote' button to the right of the post title. By the "big green grid" I mean the thing you can see in the first post of: Postby Bhikkhu Pesala » Fri Jan 17,...

Thank you for the clarification. :) I think the answer I was looking for is as folllows (I have now determined): 1. In Font Creator, you open your font. Then you go to the Insert New Character Function, where you get the big green grid. 2. Scroll down until it says: Supplementary Private Use Area-A ...