Issue Background:
I inserted some new characters, about 20 in all, to build some basic glyphs for use with medieval 4-lines music score. I utilised characters starting with Unicode 1239 (decimal) even if this category is reserved for Armenian characters.
Problem Issue:
I now would like the mapping name to be changed from the default Unicode name description (Armenian characters) to one of my choice and specific to the glyph that I designed at those character mappings.
I have tried to do this in version 5.6 professional but it seems that this editing feature may not be supported.
I presume that you know that there are Unicode assigned points for Musical Symbols? If these don’t suit your needs you should use the Private Use Area — that’s what it is designed for.
What you’re doing will work, but I wonder what the advantage is? Does it make typing the symbols easier for you?
The mapping names are fixed by the Unicode Standard, so cannot be changed (at least not without a hack to FontCreator’s data files), but the Postscript names can be edited. Then you can show the Postscript names in the Overview Caption.
Hi Pesala,
Thanks for your reply.
I am aware of the Unicode Musical Symbols mappings; the problem is that their hex code results in a six-digit Alt+Decimal Digits combination which is cumbersome. Additionally, this range is not displayed by Windows Character Map. Hence the need to use a range that Windows Character Map displays and that uses shorter digit combinations.
As it stands, with the mappings located in the Armenian range, Windows Character Map displays them correctly but obviously when you click on the character to select it what you get is the Armenian name for the letter reserved at that location. This can be confusing to users of my font. I do recommend that they use the Alt+4 digits combination but some users will not read those instructions and will proceed by selecting through the Windows Character Map. At that point they will get confused as they identify the musical glyph but the name that appears is Armenian Letter…etc.
The same comments apply to the Private Use mappings. Their codification is in the decimal 900000 range; not practical for the same reasons I otlined above.