Some readers might find the following post of interest.
It is a post in the “Pantone Colour of the Year for 2011 and fonts” thread and is about producing a graphic of the ROASTED SWEET POTATO glyph using the Pantone Colour of the Year for 2011.
In the event, in the circumstances of the facilities available to me, a special font based on the HIGHM004.TTF font was needed.