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Yes, this is something that would help. We'll probably include this in the next upcoming release.

This would indeed be a feature that suits MainType. I've been thinking about adding some support like the OpenType Preview feature as available in FontCreator, but that is per font.

Version 10.0 of the Unicode Standard is now available. For the first time, both the core specification and the data files are available on the same date. Version 10.0 adds 8,518 characters, for a total of 136,690 characters. These additions include four new scripts, for a total of 139 scripts, as w...

The problem is related to class based kerning. Class based kerning is stored in a two dimensional array; which is made out of first glyph classes and second glyph classes. If a specific pair is not included in the pair list, it will still be stored in the pair positioning lookup. In most cases this ...

I'm still looking into this issue.

Just curious if the issue is now solved.

They will work, just copy and paste this line of text:

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You can also use the Insert Symbol feature within Word to add characters.
Personally I don't recommend using the private use area, as such "characters" are not equal for all fonts.

Do send us the font project along with a Word document. Also let us know which version of Microsoft Word you use. We will then look into this issue.

I've been able to fix this issue server side, so the issue is now solved for all visitors of our font forum!

Those are files on our web server that contain the style elements used to show the content of our web pages.

I think the server doesn't allow us to send mass mailings. Fortunately most frequent visitors will not give up. The cache issue will solve by itself, but I'm not sure how long a web browser caches css files.

But to be serious, yes this is indeed an issue.

We upgraded the forum, and only after that noticed this behaviour. We've just send an email to all users; I'm not sure if that worked, so let me know if you received an email.

Well, we thought it looked better. Do let us know what you don't like about the new layout and we'll try to improve it

Well, the main issue with this update is people who are affected are not able to read this topic

Yesterday we upgraded the forum to the latest version. If you happen to see strange characters, do force a refresh in your web browser (e.g. CTRL-F5).