Problem during converting a bar code font to Symbol

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Hi all,

I have the task of “Change the font script from Western to Symbol for a bar code font” and don’t know any other information about it. I just know it must be Symbol to work with a special software.

I don’t really know much about fonts, I tried Font Creator, and what I found was to remove Unicode BMP and Mac from the platforms of the font and added Symbol. I used all the Format/Naming stuff, the Autonaming, and did not forget to add English - United States, but I still cannot install it, Windows still complains of missing Microsoft Naming Fields.

What to do next?

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I have tried the “change” option to go from Unicode to Symbol, and the strange thing is that all the name field that were OK for Unicode, were not accepted for Symbol. Does Symbol require other fields?

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From the Online Manual

In order to change a normal font into a symbol font there are a few things:

• Make sure the Microsoft platform is “Microsoft Symbol”.

From the Platform Manager command (Format menu) select the Microsoft platform. Now press the Change button. The platform should be changed from “Microsoft Unicode BMP only” to “Microsoft Symbol”.

• In the Settings window (Format menu) on the Classification tab set the Panose - Family Kind to “Pictorial”, Panose - Weight to “No Fit”, Panose - Contrast to “No Fit” and the Font-family - Class to “Symbolic”.

• In the Settings window (Format menu) on the Ranges tab no Unicode Character Ranges should be selected and Symbol Character Set should be the only selected Code Page Range.