[SOLVED] Symbol fonts not detected by other software as symbol fonts

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I am trying to edit a TrueType symbol font to add some names to the glyphs. However, when exporting the font, it doesn’t seem to be properly recognised by other software (specifically Windows’ font APIs) as a symbol font.

I have tried using Tools->Convert Font->Convert to Symbol Font, with glyphs mapped to character codes in the range 0xF000 to 0xF0FF. Specifically, codes 0xF021 to 0xF054, which I believe should be fine as this is the range the font started with. I have also tried the range 0x21 to 0x54 just in case, which didn’t work.

The FontCreator version is 12.0.0.2539, 64-bit.

Some additional info:

  • Every time I close and reopen the FontCreator project, it seems to get reverted to a Unicode font, which is strange.
  • I believe this font has been successfully edited with a previous version of FontCreator (not by me though).
  • I’m using Windows 10 Pro, version 1809, 64-bit.
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I can confirm the issue. We’ll have to look into this to fix it.

3

We’ve located the exact cause of the issue, so the bug will be fixed with the next upcoming update.

4

Thanks for your response. Do you know if the update will be released soon, or if there is a workaround in the meantime?

5

We’ve just uploaded a maintenance release that solves this issue. Do use the update feature within FontCreator get this latest version, or download it from the download page.