exported mapping

raymondm · Post by **raymondm** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:47 pm

I need to assign unicode values to a great many characters, and it would be so easy if there was a way of listing these against glyph indexes in a separate text file, so that the text file would automatically be read when FontCreator opens.

In reverse: is there no way to export the mappings that are displayed in Format/mappings ?

Thanks
Raymond

Bhikkhu Pesala · Post by **Bhikkhu Pesala** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:55 pm

Take a look at the Vietnamese Glyph Transformation and run it on a standad font to see how it works.

From the Insert Characters dialogue you can insert up to 1,000 characers at a time with the correct mappings, simply by pasting code-points from a text file.

For example, try pasting this text into the Insert Characters dialogue:

32-126,160-383,402,416,417,431,432,461-493,496,500,501,504-539,542,543,550-563,702-703,710-719,728-733,755,759,768-785,795,803-806,813-818,937,960,7680-7835,7840-7929,8208-8231,8240,8242,8243,8258-8260,8268-8270,8273-8275,8304,8305,8308-8334,8352-8366,8448,8451,8453,8454,8457,8470,8471,8480-8482,8486,8487,8490,8491,8494,8507,8531-8543,8706,8710,8719,8721,8722,8725,8729-8732,8734,8747-8748,8756-8758,8764,8776,8800,8804,8805,57344-57364,64256,64259

Are you working with CJK fonts? How many characters do you need to map?

Also take a look at copying a range of glyphs in one font from the glyph overview, and pasting the mappings to emtpy glyphs in another font with paste special, (mappings and postscript names, not glyph outlines).

raymondm · Post by **raymondm** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:26 am

It looks like you know how to carry out the procedure that I was looking for, and yet I find this example difficult to follow.
Meanwhile I have found that Microsoft VOLT offers a method, since I can export the glyph data, carry out the changes I need, and import to the font. In fact none of that requires FontCreator.
Raymond