I’ve made a few fonts in the past but the font I’d like to create now requires some kerning pairs. Trouble is I don’t know how to make them or for fure if they’ll do what I want. Is it possible for me to use kerning pairs to say changre the glyph for when somebody types say ah to change the glyphs for a & h to a new one for ‘ah’? If not, does anyone know how I can do that?
Kerning pairs are for adjusting the spacing between two glyphs (e.g. making ‘A’ and ‘V’ closer together when you type ‘AV’). What you’re asking about is replacing a sequence of glyphs with a single glyph: this is a standard ligature, for which you should use the OpenType liga feature.
Ah, thank you friend! Would you happen to have a tutorial you could point me to?
Which version of FontCreator do you have, and which edition (Home, Standard, or Professional)?
Professional 7.5
See the tutorial on Adding OpenType Features