How do I access a glyph that's at Unicode 32, I don't see it?

FontCreator - Font Editor FontCreator - Support
1

I’m revising a font because the previous font designer had put a glyph at Unicode 32. I’d like to move it but I can’t see it to copy/paste it to a new location.

The date stamp of the font is 2006 so obviously, a different program was used to create it.

Unicode 33 (.notdef) is visible but nothing before 33.

2

The glyph at Unicode 32 is U+0020 SPACE, so it is expected to appear empty. That is why you do not see anything to copy from the glyph cell itself.

Also, .notdef is not Unicode 33. .notdef is the special fallback glyph (at index 0) and does not have a Unicode code point.

If the outline was really assigned to U+0020 by the original designer, the best approach is usually not to copy and paste it, but to change the glyph’s Unicode assignment to the correct code point.

So in short:

  • U+0020 SPACE is normally blank
  • .notdef is a special glyph, not a Unicode character
  • If needed, reassign the glyph to the proper Unicode value instead of copying it from the space character

If you want, I can also explain the exact steps in FontCreator to reassign that glyph.