I am having trouble naming my font. The font naming is working fine except on the pulldown preview font bar found in standard word processors such as Microsoft Word. On this pulldown menu, there is a blank spot where the name of the font written in its own style usually appears. I can provide you a screenshot if my explanation is confusing. I have already gone through the naming list and changed all the fields. What am I missing? Thanks!
The font probably has wrong mappings or empty glyphs. Can you send the font file to me ([email protected]), so I can investigate the problem?
Erwin Denissen
Only the small letter o and k have outlines, so Word will show empty glyphs when printing āKnudsenā in the menu. You should add outlines to all empty glyphs, or even better use a symbol font because of the fact that you are making a signature font.
Note: symbol fonts (also known as Dingbats) are used for fonts that include symbols, signs, signatures, pictures, decorations, arrows and bullets.
Erwin Denissen
Oh yeah, I should have realized that. Thanks very much for your help!
Melinda
Ok, I made it a symbol instead, as you suggested. Now that itās a symbol font, my fonts folder canāt find the font. I placed the font in the same folder as the others, with the same file name but with a number at the end. When I go to āinstall fontā, it can see all the other versions of the font Iāve made except the symbol font. What could I be doing wrong here? Thanks again. I know, Iām troublesome.
Melinda
I got it to work now. It wouldnāt let me install it through the font folder as I normally do, but it would let me install it through your program instead.
Melinda