Re: creating a test font w/ CJKV Extension B characters.

[jameskass]

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Gary P. Grosso wrote,


> On Win2K, "Character Map" (charmap.exe) does not show anything 
> beyond the BMP.  I haven't tried this on XP.

Have you tried BabelMap or BabelPad?  Both can show non-BMP...

http://uk.geocities.com/BabelStone1357

Best regards,

James Kass
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> Since we're comparing notes on font tools, I recently was
> asked to look over an experimental font which had, among
> other things, characters in the Supplemental Multilingual
> Plane and used CFF format.  (I had to look up what CFF
> format even was.)
> 
> PFAEdit was able to load the font.  At least I could see the 
> SMP characters; I didn't attempt any editing, kerning, etc.
> I've always been fairly impressed with PFAEdit, which probably
> deserves a name which reflects the fact that it goes well
> beyond PFA files or even Type 1 fonts.  In fact, I'd like
> to see it ported to Windows.
> 
> Font Creator Program couldn't load the font due to the CFF 
> format, which was disappointing, because I like FCP's
> interface and other features, and was hoping to get an up
> close and personal look at some of the glyphs, which seemed
> to have some sort of height anomaly.
> 
> On Win2K, "Character Map" (charmap.exe) does not show anything 
> beyond the BMP.  I haven't tried this on XP.
> 
> Gary
> 
> At 09:00 AM 11/20/2003 -0500, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >I haven't tested this myself, but from a look at the source code, it appears 
> that pfaedit (pfaedit.sourceforge.net) can generate format12 TTFs.  (Open 
> Source, for UNIX).
> >
> >~mark
> >
> >On 11/20/03 03:12, Arcane Jill wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Is anyone able to answer this? I for one would really like to know.
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Frank Yung-Fong Tang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:29 AM
> >>> To: John Jenkins
> >>> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Subject: Re: creating a test font w/ CJKV Extension B characters.
> >>
> >>
> >>> Does FontLab support generating TTF in format12 (32 bits)?
> >>> Which "cheaper solutions" could  generating TTF in format12 (32 bits)?
> 
> 
> ---
> Gary Grosso
> Arbortext, Inc.
> Ann Arbor, MI, USA
> 
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