Creating a New Glyph»

Later on you create a new font , you lot tin can see a prepare of glyph cells in the Font Window (and in the Font Map console):

These cells are empty glyph cells. Shadowed characters on grayness backgrounds are placeholders showing what glyph will sit where. To add existent glyphs to your font, you must create them first.

Creating a glyph in an empty glyph cell»

To create a glyph in an empty prison cell, double-click on it, or select information technology and printing Return. You will see the prison cell background modify to a shaded blue or white (when the glyph is no longer selected), and the glyph template will disappear. You now tin open the created glyph for editing or go ahead and create more new glyphs past double-clicking on their cells.

Glyph layers for all font masters divers in Font Info > Masters volition be created. Depending on the settings in Preferences > Operations > New glyphs, the resulting glyph will be blank or volition have some contents (information technology will be a composite glyph or an machine glyph ).

Creating several glyphs from empty glyph cells»

To create several glyphs at the same fourth dimension, y'all need to first select multiple glyph cells, which tin can be washed in several ways:

  • Hold Shift and printing Return or double-click on the selection to create glyphs for all selected cells.
  • Hold Shift and select the Font > Generate Glyphs menu command. See Generate Glyphs for details.
  • Select the Font > Add Glyphs menu command to add together several Unicode glyphs at once. Come across Add together Glyphs for details.

And so printing Return.

Creating glyphs, even when placeholder is non visible»

To create any glyph, including one whose placeholder is non visible in the Font window or Font Map panel, select the Font > Generate Glyphs control, click on the Custom tab and type the glyph proper name you lot want to create. Then click on OK.

You can besides use the Edit > Duplicate command for glyph creation:

  1. Select whatever of the existing glyph cells in the Font window. 'A', for example.
  2. Choose Edit > Indistinguishable. New glyph named "A.001" will be created, which will have the same outlines equally the original glyph.
  3. Use the Glyph > Rename Glyph command to rename "A.001" to what y'all need.