Adding glyphs to Fontforge

Question

When I open Fontforge to create a new font, it only lists a limited set of characters / glyphs. In the font I create, I need some glyphs that are missing from that default set, e.g. "single right-pointing angle quotation mark" (U+203A) and "single left-pointing angle quotation mark" (U+2039).

How can I add "slots" for these glyphs, or rather:

What is the proper way to add glyphs that are defined in the Unicode table?

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '16 at 03:50

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Ah, well, just go to Encoding > Add encoding slot, then there will be a dialog to set how many slot(s) you want to add.

answered Aug 19 '16 at 03:50

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '15 at 16:01

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Ah, well, just go to Encoding > Reencode and choose an encoding that contains the relevant slots.

answered Jan 15 '15 at 16:01

There are red Xs over the new encoding slot I added. Choosing a different encoding gives more available spaces, but it does not remove the Xs. – Trevor Hickey Jul 19 '15 at 19:23
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thanks a lot! haven't seen such a terrible interface since sibellius – Pepijn Bakker Aug 07 '19 at 16:01

Adding glyphs to Fontforge

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