Hello! I am trying to add a character to a font I’m editing and can’t seem to. The Unicode for the character is 5DFF and when I try to select it from the mappings window, I select the range of $4E00 - $9FFF, but all I can choose from is $4E00 <CJK Ideograph, First> and $9FBB <CJK Ideograph, Last> How do I get access to all the characters in between?
The data for that range seems to be missing from the official UnicodeData.txt file, which is released with FontCreator, which explains why the mappings are not selectable in the dialogue.
4E00;<CJK Ideograph, First>;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
9FBB;<CJK Ideograph, Last>;Lo;0;L;;;;;N;;;;;
I don’t understand why the data are missing, but you can add the mapping directly by typing “$5dff” in the value field, and clicking the Add button.
Insert Characters is an easier way to go if you’re using the Professional version. Then you can insert a whole range of characters (up to 1,000) in one go.
A work-around is to insert the number of glyphs that you want, and copy the mapping data from another font with paste special.
Thank you, I’ll try manually entering it.
Hi Natalia,
Yes, it is best to manually enter the value.
The data in the range you mentioned is stored in the Unicode Han Database and is described in Unihan.html. The Unihan data file is very large (28MB), so we decided not to include it with FontCreator. Here is the part related to $5DFF:
U+5DFF kBigFive C95D
U+5DFF kCCCII 242764
U+5DFF kCNS1986 2-213D
U+5DFF kCNS1992 2-213D
U+5DFF kCangjie JB
U+5DFF kCantonese fat1 si5
U+5DFF kCihaiT 470.402
U+5DFF kDaeJaweon 0632.100
U+5DFF kDefinition revolve, make circuit, turn
U+5DFF kFourCornerCode 5022.7
U+5DFF kGB5 2594
U+5DFF kGSR 0501a
U+5DFF kGradeLevel 2
U+5DFF kHanYu 10728.020
U+5DFF kIICore 2.1
U+5DFF kIRGDaeJaweon 0632.100
U+5DFF kIRGDaiKanwaZiten 08772
U+5DFF kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10728.020
U+5DFF kIRGKangXi 0328.010
U+5DFF kIRG_GSource 5-397E
U+5DFF kIRG_KSource 2-2F7C
U+5DFF kIRG_TSource 2-213D
U+5DFF kJapaneseKun HIZAKAKE
U+5DFF kJapaneseOn HUTSU HUCHI HATSU HACHI
U+5DFF kKangXi 0328.010
U+5DFF kMandarin FU2
U+5DFF kMorohashi 08772
U+5DFF kPhonetic 138 357 1179
U+5DFF kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+13794+50.3.1
U+5DFF kRSKangXi 50.1
U+5DFF kRSUnicode 50.1
U+5DFF kSBGY 475.19
U+5DFF kTaiwanTelegraph 1579
U+5DFF kTotalStrokes 4
U+5DFF kXerox 323:155
The line which contains kDefinition, contains an English definition (revolve, make circuit, turn) of the character.
Hope this helps.