[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.10 and Streetwear font (glyphs)

[vincents <forums gimpusers com>]

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your test !

I have installed Fontforge, loaded the font, mapped some glyphs (yes those at
the bottom) with Latin Extended B using "Glyph info", generate the fonts
(Truetype .ttf), but no help. If I use shift+ctrl+u, I still see the Latin
Extended B characters ...

Did you manage to do it on your side ?

Thanks !

Vincent

> Okay, so I grabbed the file and opened it in FontForge. I'm guessing
> you are talking about glyphs towards the bottom.
>
> https://i.imgur.com/kWDJqXY.png
>
> They all have '-1' Unicode value. This is so messed up. Basically you
> have two options:
>
> 1. Find software that would access glyphs that don't belong to any
> Unicode block. I think the only one that did that was Fontmatrix, and
> it's not in the Ubuntu repository anymore. Maybe in some PPAs.
>
> 2. Use FontForge to map the glyphs that you need to real Unicode
> characters inside known blocks. As a quick hackaround, you could use
> smth like Latin Extended A or Latin Extended B:
> https://unicode-table.com/en/blocks/latin-extended-b/.
>
> For that, if my understanding is correct:
>
> 1. Use 'Encoding > Compact' to see everything in one window
> 2. Click to select a glyph you want to remap
> 3. Use 'Element > Glyph Info..."
> 4. Set new value using reference in the link above, press OK
>
> When you are done, uncheck 'Compact' encoding option, export the font
> file, install it instead of the one you already installed.
>
> In fact, there's option 3: annoy the type designer just enough to get
> this fixed :)
>
> Alex

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