[CLOSED] Unable to map characters into "Plane 15 Private Use"

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Hello,

I am having some trouble mapping new characters into the Private Use area. I am creating special graphical characters which do not make sense to be mapped into the regular space.

After completing glyph creation successfully, I attempt to add them into the Plane 15 Private Use Area, starting with value $F0001. The mapping seems to be there, until I click on OK. If I re-visit the glyph I just mapped, the mapping always changes to $0000 . I am having no issues with mapping the glyphs anywhere else in the font space.

I appreciate any thoughts you might have on resolving this issue…

Jacek

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I suspect you try to add the mapping to the Windows Unicode BMP (UCS-2) platform. That mapping only accepts values between 0 and 65535, so that will fail. Instead you need to add the Windows Unicode UCS-4 platform.

Have you added the new character through the Insert Character feature?

See this topic about inserting characters:
http://forum.high-logic.com:9080/t/insert-characters-feature/1166/1

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Hello Erwin,

Thank you for your suggestion… I looked at the link you suggested, but I was not able to insert a custom character from the $F0000 block.

What seems to be happening, is that I am unable to use any of the character values in the supplementary area blocks. There is a range start, range end, but no characters to select.

When I attempt to do this with other blocks, I can select a character and add the mapping without any problems. Is this a limitation of the supplementary area blocks?

Thanks,

Jacek

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All defined characters can be selected. The private use area is for private use.

But it looks like you are referring to the Character to Glyph Index Mappings dialog, while I suggested you to try the Insert Characters feature.