I think this actually belongs in the BUILD area. I've moved it for you. :)

You'll need to explain what you mean by 'custom character map'. FontLab provides a number of different options for encoding a font, and which is relevant depends on a number of factors including the format of the font. What is it that you are trying to achieve?

I have made some 'fake' codepages for FontLab just to put similar characters side by side and work on them. For that, I simply copied a codepage from codpages folder of FontLab and changed its name and changed the codes to those I wanted to put together... it takes time!
Note that this was never intended to affect the font encoding process.

That's a really complex way to achieve that goal, Behnam. You could just view in Glyph Mode and drag the glyphs you want adjacent next to each other in the glyph order. Or you could make a custom name based layout (.enc) file, which is easier to edit than a codepage.

Well, I use them for drag and drop and other stuff too (comparing fonts, checking for missing glyph etc.). But you are quite right. My technics leave something to be desired! You haven't heard anything about my technics yet! One day I will write a book called 'How I made fonts'. That will be a classic!

@John H: What is "glyph mode"? Is that "index mode"?

Hi there,

What about editing an existing encoding like Mac OS Roman in 'Index Mode' (moving manually the glyphs and/or eventually creating or re-encoding them) and when you are happy with the result, you chose the command 'Save encoding'.

Cheers.

Ramiro.

The easy way for the full set is to open the enc file in a text editor and reorder the glyphs as you would like. You can also use a spreadsheet like Excel where you can put lists next to eachother as columns and drag and drop things around. Be sure to rename your file afterwards.

ChrisL

Yes, glyph = index mode. This exposes the Glyph ID order of glyphs in the font, as distinct from an name, encoding or codepage order.

Thank you, guys!
I'll try these different approaches and see what fits me best.

Cheers!