Re: [Fontforge-users] Question on importing svg/eps files

[Peter B. <ps...@vi...>]

Ah, that explains it. Choose Unicode-BMP encoding for your font and put your non-standard glyphs in the Private Use Area (encodings E000 and higher if I recall rightly). No need for "add encoding slots."

Peter S. Baker
University of Virginia

On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:40 PM, Marco Ricci <mar...@ya...> wrote:

> --- On Wed, 2/15/12, Peter Baker <ps...@vi...> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure what you mean by "slot number." In FontForge you don't
>> have to worry about anything but glyph names and Unicode encodings.
>> If you add encoding slots, these are normally for unencoded glyphs.
>> You can have as many as you want, pretty much.
> 
> I just used fontforge's terminology that it uses when I click on "Add Encoding slots." I guess this corresponds to the unicode value, but since my glyphs are non-standard, I thought I will use some non-standard slot numbers for my program without encroaching on unicode ranges.
> 
> ~~marco