![]() Once you’ve named your new encoding slot, we’ll move on to creating a ligature substitution lookup table. Note it is standard practice for ligatures to have an underscore ( _ ) separating glyphs, although Fontforge seems to recognize either an underscore (f_i) or, no underscore (fi) for the output fi.Ī) or this tutorial, we’ll be using an underscore ( _ ).įor a detailed explanation of the Glyph Info dialogue box visit Fontforge’s userguide. On the next screen, make sure ‘Unicode’ is selected in the left hand column then,Ī) In the box next to ‘Glyph Name’, manually type in the name of your glyph. Now we need to name our new encoding slot.Ĭlick on the new encoding slot glyph cell, The new encoding slot will be added to the end and right at the bottom of ‘Font View’. This tutorial is shown on a Windows 10 computer with Fontforge version 03142020.įor this tutorial we’ll be adding a new encoding slot for the ‘tt’ ligature, however you can also,Ī) use one of the Private Use Area (PUA) Unicode slots which start at E000, orī) use one of the Unicode slots for ligatures at FB00, orĪ) Click on ‘Encoding>Add Encoding Slots’ī) Insert the number of encoding slots to add. It’s a free font for personal and commercial use with an open source license. The font used in this tutorial is called Belmist. You can download Fontforge for Windows, Mac, or Linux from here.
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