Hi
I am using High-Logic font creator tool to create font file for my application.I had created English , Russian, Hungarian & Czech font files using this tool.Now i want to make JAPANESE characters, but i am not able to see Glyph for JAPANESE characters .
Pls. help me to crate JAPANESE font file.
Best Regards
Om Prakash
The Font Creator 5.0 system includes some characters by default when starting a new font.
In order to add a new character one needs to know the Unicode code point value for the character which you wish to add.
Do you know the code point values?
I know very little about Japanese yet can point you to the following, though maybe you know about this part already? Here is the direct link, though it might be best to right click the link and download to local storage as it is 604 kilobytes.
http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.0.0/ch11.pdf
That document is available from the following web page, where there is a link about Chapter 11, East Asian Scripts.
http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode4.1.0/
Then there are the code charts.
http://www.unicode.org/charts/
Once you know the Unicode code point value, one way to proceed is as follows. Within Font Creator 5.0, do the following. For this example, let us assume that the code point value is U+E02F which it won’t be as that is a position in the Unicode Private Use Area but I am reluctant to just choose a Japanese character at random.
Insert | Glyph OK
Then highlight that glyph using the mouse.
Right click then click on Properties… in the panel which appears.
Click on Mappings and then make sure that Microsoft Unicode BMP only is selected.
In the text box beneath the word Value type xE02F after the 0 that is already there so as to produce 0xE02F and then click Add.
Now click OK.
Now use Format | Post… and click on Generate Names and then on OK.
Then save the font.
Now, there are various variations on this for adding many glyphs. For example, you could insert glyphs other than at the end if you wish and you can do the Format | Post… and click on Generate Names and then on OK part just once for many glyphs.
There is also an Insert | Characters facility which may be more useful for adding large quantities of characters, though I have no experience of using it. However, the method which I describe above will hopefully get you started.
I hope that this helps.
William Overington