Stupid question:
How could i create composite glyphs??????
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Create Composite Glyphs
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Erwin Denissen
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From the help file (and manual) topic Composite Glyphs - Introduction:
Composite glyphs are simply a combination of two or more other glyphs - usually, but not limited to, a base character and one or more diacritical marks that are placed above and/ or below the base character.
You can create them when you are editing an empty glyph in a Glyph Edit window. To add a composite glyph member select Glyph from the Insert menu.
Composite glyphs are simply a combination of two or more other glyphs - usually, but not limited to, a base character and one or more diacritical marks that are placed above and/ or below the base character.
You can create them when you are editing an empty glyph in a Glyph Edit window. To add a composite glyph member select Glyph from the Insert menu.
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Copying Glyph Metrics
When you create a composite (for an accented character like Ñ for example) you wish to make it exactly the same as the base character (N in this case), but with an accent on top.
If your font didn't have Ñ you would copy the N to a new glyph which would copy the character width. Then you would edit the glyph, but because it is not empty you cannot insert a glyph. So, delete the N to make it empty, then you can use insert glyph to insert the N. Next you insert the tilde accent, and position it over the N with the mouse.
The new glyph needs to be mapped to the right postion, 132 for Macintiosh and 209 for Microsoft and Unicode in this case.
If your font didn't have Ñ you would copy the N to a new glyph which would copy the character width. Then you would edit the glyph, but because it is not empty you cannot insert a glyph. So, delete the N to make it empty, then you can use insert glyph to insert the N. Next you insert the tilde accent, and position it over the N with the mouse.
The new glyph needs to be mapped to the right postion, 132 for Macintiosh and 209 for Microsoft and Unicode in this case.