Two other things that would help:
- Split the font into two. Work on the small font with 1,000 glyphs, and cut and paste them into the big font when you’re finished.
- Use composites. No.1 might not be possible if you’re using composites because composites cannot be copied from one font to another, but they can greatly reduce the size of the font and the workload.
I hope that made sense, because I just read that and it made my head hurt. LOL. Basically, the symbols are not written linear, but as a cluster.
A picture is worth a thousand words. I haven’t a clue what your talking about.