Long subject, but I wonder if it would be possible to use the more
descriptive of the two names that glyphs have in the afmtodit file in the
generated URW fonts?

For instance, the glyph, 'ะค', which in the unicode database is called
"CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EF" and which has the hex code 0424, is referred to
as "afii10038" in the URW fontfiles, but afmtodit also registers this glyph
by its more descriptive name, "Efcyrillic".

It would be much better if the latter name were used in the fontfiles. To
illustrate, I have a function in my editor where I can search for glyphs in
the groff fontfiles and then insert them into the buffer in groff notation,
but how would I search for this glyph? If I search for "cyrillic", nothing
turns up.

To spell it out: The line in e.g. the fontfile, U-CR, that looks like this

  u0424   600,563 2       424     afii10038       -- 0424

should rather look like this

  u0424   600,563 2       424     Efcyrillic       -- 0424
  
Would such a change be feasible? If I included the afmtodit file in my search
function that wouldn't tell me which of the fontfiles that actually has
this glyph, so that's not a solution.

Regards,
Morten


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