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by PJMiller
Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:10 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: why are some glyphs missing from ttf?
Replies: 7
Views: 2502

Re: why are some glyphs missing from ttf?

The Private Use Areas are big, there is no need to appropriate anything from another language (that may cause confusion to programs which try to assess the language support by glyph coverage). Three private use areas are defined: one in the Basic Multilingual Plane (U+E000–U+F8FF), and one each in, ...
by PJMiller
Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:33 am
Forum: FontCreator - Bug Reports
Topic: [FIXED] Crash on Selecting Character Sets
Replies: 23
Views: 8310

Re: Crash on Selecting Character Sets

Ryzen 9 3950X with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti and 32 Gb RAM. On Windows 10 Home 10.0.19044 Build 19044, No crash.
by PJMiller
Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:12 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: why are some glyphs missing from ttf?
Replies: 7
Views: 2502

Re: why are some glyphs missing from ttf?

If they are included in an open type feature then they should be 'used'. Another way of making them 'used' is to assign them code points in the PUA (private use area).
by PJMiller
Thu May 26, 2022 10:48 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Export ".Rand" by default
Replies: 2
Views: 1112

Re: Export ".Rand" by default

I have found that the rand function works in some applications but not others. Perhaps some shaping engines don't implement all open type features.
by PJMiller
Sat May 21, 2022 10:18 am
Forum: FontCreator - Bug Reports
Topic: [CLOSED] tags
Replies: 4
Views: 1698

Re: tags

More custom tags (or just more tags) would be useful.
by PJMiller
Wed May 18, 2022 5:16 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Tamil Troubles
Replies: 5
Views: 1758

Re: Tamil Troubles

I don't know why you are no longer on TypeDrawers, but that is the place where experienced typographers meet and provide help. Because those 'experienced typographers' (i.e. the professionals) don't like giving help and support to those typographers who make free fonts. They are elitists. If you ar...
by PJMiller
Wed May 18, 2022 10:14 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Tamil Troubles
Replies: 5
Views: 1758

Re: Tamil Troubles

I am no longer on TypeDrawers.
by PJMiller
Tue May 17, 2022 10:09 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Tamil Troubles
Replies: 5
Views: 1758

Tamil Troubles

I have now included Tamil into 'Munson'. Most of it works quite well. However I then tried to incorporate the pre-reform characters into the script as well. I first tried adding them as Stylistic Alternate1, but when used in a word processor or a DTP program they didn't come out, the characters stay...
by PJMiller
Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:15 am
Forum: FontCreator - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Are there any plans for a Mac OS version of this software?
Replies: 9
Views: 6089

Re: Are there any plans for a Mac OS version of this software?

I meant a Windows PC which could run all the Windows only programs along side the Mac to run the Mac programs. :)
by PJMiller
Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:59 am
Forum: FontCreator - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Are there any plans for a Mac OS version of this software?
Replies: 9
Views: 6089

Re: Are there any plans for a Mac OS version of this software?

Amory wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:46 am As much as I want to consider workarounds, none of them comes close to being a good option other than a version of FontCreator that will be compatible with Mac.
A second computer ?
by PJMiller
Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:47 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Trying to create a Conlang with specific parameters
Replies: 6
Views: 1739

Re: Trying to create a Conlang with specific parameters

Sorry, I had the exact page in the manual but when I follow the link it just opens the manual at the beginning. :(

It is under "Editing Fonts > Format > OpenType Layout Features > OpenType Designer >"

It seems like there is no way to link to a specific page in the manual.
by PJMiller
Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:44 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Trying to create a Conlang with specific parameters
Replies: 6
Views: 1739

Re: Trying to create a Conlang with specific parameters

Sounds like a job for Chained Contexts but be warned they are complex.

Good Luck.
by PJMiller
Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:00 am
Forum: FontCreator - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Change Direction
Replies: 5
Views: 7218

Re: Change Direction

There is already a 'Fix Contour Direction' option in the Transform Wizard. But if you aren't wanting to fix the directions but to change the directions then maybe Erwin could make the change direction button work when multiple glyphs are selected from the Glyph Overview Panel. I can't see this featu...
by PJMiller
Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:49 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Some of my characters are not smooth when publishing
Replies: 12
Views: 3541

Re: Some of my characters are not smooth when publishing

Another way around this would be to convert the outlines to quadratic in Font Creator and then deal with any lumps and bumps before exporting the font.
by PJMiller
Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:46 am
Forum: Type Design
Topic: Ordinals 1st 2nd 3rd etc as OpenType feature
Replies: 6
Views: 9354

Re: Ordinals 1st 2nd 3rd etc as OpenType feature

Munson uses four single glyphs for 'th', 'st', 'nd', and 'rd' so yes you can put a ligature substitution table into the ordinals feature and it works. Take a look, the first two subtables are for the 'o' and 'a' substitutions but the third subtable is for the British and American ordinals which I s...