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Thanks. I've just seen the post. Although the problem may be beyond Microsoft as there seems to be the same issue with Adobe and Android.

Thanks. I've been in contact with some of them but they are not sure either. I have however been playing around some more with Fontcreator. I believe I have discovered what the issue is. I'd like to share what I have discovered here, perhaps you can help shed some more light on this. For a visual lo...

If adding a glyph you may well need to add it to a class being used by an OpenType feature that does the repositioning. Could you please explain or direct me to a page were I could learn how to do this? I would like to add that I when I click on the 'shaper icon' under 'open type designer', the let...

It works when I modify a glyph but not when I add one which is strange. Do you know anyone else who may be able to help with this?

Hi, I am trying to add a character onto an already existing Arabic font. I have been trying for some time but I just cannot seem to get the open type feature to work. I have attached a link to a PDF where you can see the steps that I followed. <expired link> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Th...

I will try to contact him. The strange thing is that when I edit an existing glyph it works perfectly fine however its only when I try to add a new glyph/character that it doesn't work which is why I figured I must be missing a crucial step. But thanks for responding.

Yes thanks for pointing that out. However when I switched them around, it still doesnt seem to work. The same goes for the medial and final forms. Please help

Thanks Erwin. Again I'd really appreciate it if someone can please shed some light on this issue for me. I've been stuck on this for a couple of months now.

Hi, I've been away for a while but I have recently tried once more. These are the steps I took: 1. I inserted the character $08B6 2. I then copied and pasted the letters “beh-arab” and “meem-arab” to create the appropriate glyph. 3. I then used the insert tab to insert a new glyph for its initial fo...

Hi All, I would like to add some characters (with their ligature shapes etc.) to an already existing font. The font already has similar shapes and I would like to know if their is a way to copy and paste existing characters (with their ligatures etc.) and then adjust them (the glyphs) accordingly. T...