TypeTool doesn't allow to create new empty glyph slots, but it can be done using a little trick.

Copy and then paste any existing glyph. TT will ask if you want to keep the replaced glyph. Do so, and the glyph will be added to the font, the glyph name being suffixed ".001". Then rename the new glyphs as needed, in your example you would need d.ordn, h.ordn, n.ordn, r.ordn, s.ordn, t.ordn and/or their uppercase counterparts D.ordn &c.

You cannot write the OT feature code to switch to ordinals in TypeTool, but you could add the features using Adobe FDK later.

Cheers,
Jens.

Good stuff! Thanks Jens. I've actually noticed that new slots get created this way having deleted a few erroneous ones that appeared at the end of the set. I didn't think they'd be what I needed for this. I'll try this later on today.

I wonder if there's a guide/resource for the correct glyph names anywhere? There are a few I might consider adding if I had a set of names.

Mark.

Of course you can add new glyph slots in TypeTool. Just open your current .enc (Encoding) file in a plain-text editor (or make a new copy of that file first) and add the glyphnames you need. Restart TypeTool and the glyph slots will be available.

You can use the free Microsoft VOLT or Adobe FDK for OpenType tools to add OpenType Layout features to your font.

The FontLab Studio 5 user manual (and I think also the TypeTool manual) contains a section on glyph naming and encoding.

Regards,
A.

Of course you can add new glyph slots in TypeTool. Just open your current .enc (Encoding) file in a plain-text editor (or make a new copy of that file first) and add the glyphnames you need. Restart TypeTool and the glyph slots will be available.

Yep, that’s the other way. But no easy cmd-G as in FontLab Studio :)

Jens