[NO BUG] Automatic mappings

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vanisaac
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[NO BUG] Automatic mappings

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I don't know if this is a bug or not, but it is an unexpected behavior.

I've been creating some test fonts with a few glyphs, OpenType tables, etc. I've included two mapped characters, "F", and "i". When I save the font, the "F" that is mapped to U+0046, gets additional mappings to every character from U+0047 "G" to U+0068 "h". Is this an purposeful feature or a bug?
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Re: Automatic mappings

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Does the font contain the first four recommended glyphs?

It is correct to assume you are using FontCreator version 6.2?

What encoding formats do you use for the available platforms?
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Re: Automatic mappings

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No, the font contains only the two mapped glyphs, and two other glyphs that are accessed via OpenType substitution (with VOLT). I made this font to test the TTX program that transforms TTF fonts to and from an XML font format. I was just concerned that it might be an unexpected behavior - it certainly was unexpected for me! but if this is known and purposeful, you can close the bug report.
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Re: Automatic mappings

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All I know is due to the nature of one specific encoding format (Byte encoding table), you can end up with a lot of mappings for the first glyph. It is best to always include the four first glyphs, but feel free to experiment!
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