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by takeos
Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:51 am
Forum: FontCreator - Support
Topic: Control Panel "Designed for: Symbols"
Replies: 1
Views: 1228

Control Panel "Designed for: Symbols"

Microsoft fonts like Wingdings, MS Outlook and MS Reference show a "Designed for: Symbols" attribute (as well as Category: Symbol/Pictograph) in Control Panel: Wingdings.png What do these symbol-related properties mean? Are they supported by FontCreator? The attributes seem to be lost afte...
by takeos
Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:34 pm
Forum: FontCreator - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Import font bitmaps ("retro" systems)
Replies: 4
Views: 4661

Re: Import font bitmaps ("retro" systems)

> Have you tried the Pixel Import mode on the import bitmap dialogue?

You mean one character at a time? I was looking for a way to import entire ranges of characters within a bitmap. Like, selecting a rectangle with the mouse, telling it the box size, and start and stop characters to map to.
by takeos
Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:56 am
Forum: FontCreator - Requests and Enhancements
Topic: Import font bitmaps ("retro" systems)
Replies: 4
Views: 4661

Import font bitmaps ("retro" systems)

For those of us who deal with the preservation of old systems, I was wondering if you could add a feature to import low-resolution font bitmaps, as were popular in the 1980s and 1990s. I create my own tools to extract the bitmaps, but from then on a little help would be great, in order to automatica...