Hello,
I am having some trouble mapping new characters into the Private Use area. I am creating special graphical characters which do not make sense to be mapped into the regular space.
After completing glyph creation successfully, I attempt to add them into the Plane 15 Private Use Area, starting with value $F0001. The mapping seems to be there, until I click on OK. If I re-visit the glyph I just mapped, the mapping always changes to $0000 <control>. I am having no issues with mapping the glyphs anywhere else in the font space.
I appreciate any thoughts you might have on resolving this issue...
Jacek
[CLOSED] Unable to map characters into "Plane 15 Private Use"
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Re: Unable to map characters into "Plane 15 Private Use"
I suspect you try to add the mapping to the Windows Unicode BMP (UCS-2) platform. That mapping only accepts values between 0 and 65535, so that will fail. Instead you need to add the Windows Unicode UCS-4 platform.
Have you added the new character through the Insert Character feature?
See this topic about inserting characters:
viewtopic.php?t=1217
Have you added the new character through the Insert Character feature?
See this topic about inserting characters:
viewtopic.php?t=1217
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Re: Unable to map characters into "Plane 15 Private Use"
Hello Erwin,
Thank you for your suggestion... I looked at the link you suggested, but I was not able to insert a custom character from the $F0000 block.
What seems to be happening, is that I am unable to use any of the character values in the supplementary area blocks. There is a range start, range end, but no characters to select.
When I attempt to do this with other blocks, I can select a character and add the mapping without any problems. Is this a limitation of the supplementary area blocks?
Thanks,
Jacek
Thank you for your suggestion... I looked at the link you suggested, but I was not able to insert a custom character from the $F0000 block.
What seems to be happening, is that I am unable to use any of the character values in the supplementary area blocks. There is a range start, range end, but no characters to select.
When I attempt to do this with other blocks, I can select a character and add the mapping without any problems. Is this a limitation of the supplementary area blocks?
Thanks,
Jacek
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Re: Unable to map characters into "Plane 15 Private Use"
All defined characters can be selected. The private use area is for private use.jkrzywicki wrote:What seems to be happening, is that I am unable to use any of the character values in the supplementary area blocks. There is a range start, range end, but no characters to select.
When I attempt to do this with other blocks, I can select a character and add the mapping without any problems. Is this a limitation of the supplementary area blocks?
But it looks like you are referring to the Character to Glyph Index Mappings dialog, while I suggested you to try the Insert Characters feature.