Viewing entire unicode ranges

node_ue · Post by **node_ue** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:09 am

Hi, I would like to be able to view entire Unicode ranges in FCP like I can in Fontlab. Similarly, I would like to easily be able to move the characters in one Unicode range to another.

For example, if I designed characters before their addition to Unicode, it is somewhat laborious to have to change their codepoints one by one once they are assigned codepoints in the Unicode standard, but this can easily be done in Fontlab by cutting or copying all characters in one range and pasting them in another.

The advantage, for me, of using FCP is that it supports Plane 1, but the disadvantage is that characters cannot be moved in large numbers to new codepoints, and it's difficult to create characters for a range while in Fontlab you can just view the range and double-click on each character. However, Fontlab doesn't support Plane 1 (in practice; it is supposed to though), so it can't be used to modify fonts with Plane 1 characters.

Bhikkhu Pesala · Post by **Bhikkhu Pesala** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:23 am

Which version of Font Creator are you using?

Version 5 allows you to insert enitre Unicode Ranges easily with all the correct mappings. Glyph data can be copied from other positions, or other fonts, and pasted into those new character positions, as long as the order of the characters is unchanged.

See this other thread

It is possible in earlier versions of Font Creator or the Home Edition, but it involves more cut and paste, as one has to first cut and paste the characters with mappings from a font that does have the character mappings one want to use, to new empty glyphs, then copy and paste the glyph data with glyph metrics.

node_ue · Post by **node_ue** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:10 am

Still, can I *view entire Unicode ranges*? That would still be a nice feature.

Bhikkhu Pesala · Post by **Bhikkhu Pesala** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:03 am

Not having used Fontlab, I'm having difficulty understanding what it is you want that is not already available in Font Creator.

You can already view entire Unicode Ranges in the Insert Character dialogue box.

Below is the Insert Character dialogue showing the Currency Symbolsl Character set. Click the next block and next plane buttons to view other Unicode character sets.

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All the characters available in the selected (template) font (Titus Cyberbit Basic) are shown. Those characters already in the open font are highlighted in green. The currently selected character is shown enlarged in the bottom left corner.

Double-click any character to add it to the current open font. Hold down shift, and double-click to add a range of characters. What more do you need?