Adding custom Unicode values to FLS5's list...

jason19 March 2006 · 17:39

I’m not sure if Adam’s around, but maybe someone else might have an idea on this one. I’d like to add some custom Unicode codepoints to FontLab’s Unicode list so that rather than entering the codepoints for each individual smallcap glyph I can use the Glyph > Glyph Names > Generate Unicode command. I use Adobe’s values listed in their Glyph List and I’d like to add all the smallcap glyph names and codepoints to FL’s list so that they’re available to the Generate Unicode command. So, my question is, where does FL store it’s Unicode list and can it be edited/added-to?

jason19 March 2006 · 18:46

Nevermind, found it. Looks like it’s either a matter of using the same glyph names as listed in FL’s Standard list (or one of the additional optional lists), or editing one of the lists to suit your own custom glyph naming (keeping a back-up of the edited file, of course).

gthompson19 March 2006 · 19:09

If you’re on a Mac and FL5 then go to Library>Application Support>FontLab>Mapping and open the standard.nam file and save a copy of it. Don’t change it as FL allows you to have custom files elsewhere. Open the copy in a text editor and you’ll see a Unicode list in the format “0x000 glyph name”. For example: “0x0120 Gdotaccent.” Make your list in the same format by adding to the copy. Be sure and change the header to reflect that it’s a new file and save it as plain text under a new name with the extension .nam. Then put it in (User Name)>Library>Application Support>FontLab>Mapping. When you start FL it should reflect the additional names.

Of course small caps — like any non-Uni

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