Generated Font Glyphs Not Matching Up with Proper Chars

[hypnicjerk]

When I try to generate a font, a bunch of the characters are missing, or corresponding with the wrong letters.  "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" comes out like this:

"Qfc osgbi apmul dmv hsknq mtcp rfc j&xw _me"
(The underscore was a blank.)

I tried viewing the glyphs in Unicode mode and a few indexes were missing, so I fixed them.  That didn't change anything.  I tried creating a new VFB file, moving a few of the glyphs into it, and testing the generated TrueType font...and, somehow, it came out EXACTLY the same as my other generated fonts!  I mean, it used all the same characters even though I did not paste most of them into the new font.  It was so bizarre!  I also reached the end of my rope after this because it seemed like the program was doing something impossible just to mess with my head.

Why is this happening?  What can I do to fix this and ensure the glyphs go with the right keys?  Thanks for your help!

[Dezcom]

Check to see which keyboard mapping you are using.  You may have inadvertently switched to a different language.

[hypnicjerk]

Check to see which keyboard mapping you are using.  You may have inadvertently switched to a different language.

Guess that wasn't the issue.  The program wasn't applying any of my changes when generating the font.  This is why it was using all of my characters in a font where I only added two or three of them.  I confirmed this when I tried changing the name of the font and it didn't change after I generated the font.  I tried random things.  Finally, I was able to get the font to work and FontLab to use my changes by...generating and saving the file by renaming a previously existing, fully functional TrueType file.  Now...can anyone explain *why* this solved the problem?  'Cause I'm still very confused!

[pfraterdeus]

I assume you're making sure to clear the Font Caches after making changes to a font.
Linotype Font Explorer has a tool to do this.

[Tags:]

Jump to: Please select a destination: ----------------------------- News and announcements ----------------------------- => Announcements from the forum’s moderators => News from the font industry ----------------------------- Type design and font technology ----------------------------- => Principles of type design => OpenType Layout feature development => Hinting => Font Formats and OpenType => Web font embedding => Font licensing ===> Electronic EULA Abstract (EEULAA) ----------------------------- Education and collaboration ----------------------------- => Work: Offers => Work: Looking for => Education: Offers => Education: Looking for => Typographic Events and Conferences ----------------------------- FontLab products ----------------------------- => News from FontLab => FontLab Studio ===> FontLab Studio Problems ===> FontLab Studio Tips and Tricks ===> FontLab Studio Wish List ===> FontLab Studio Public Preview => Fontographer ===> Fontographer Problems ===> Fontographer Wish List => TypeTool => AsiaFont Studio => TransType => ScanFont => SigMaker => Other Products ----------------------------- Photofont products ----------------------------- => BitFonter => Photofont WebReady => Photofont Start => Photofont ID => Photofont QX => The Photofont technology ----------------------------- Adobe Type products ----------------------------- => Adobe FDK for OpenType (AFDKO) ----------------------------- Apple Font products ----------------------------- => Apple Font Tools ----------------------------- Microsoft Typography products ----------------------------- => Microsoft Font Validator => Microsoft Visual OpenType Layout Tool (VOLT) => Microsoft Web Embedding Fonts Tool (WEFT) => Microsoft Visual TrueType (VTT) ----------------------------- Other products and Python scripting ----------------------------- => Python scripting => FontTools/TTX => Other font-related tools ----------------------------- Special interest groups ----------------------------- => SBL Fonts ===> SBL Hebrew ===> SBL Greek ===> SBL BibLit ----------------------------- FAQ and TechNotes ----------------------------- => OpenType Layout feature development FAQ and TechNotes => Hinting FAQ and TechNotes => Font Formats and OpenType FAQ and TechNotes => Web font embedding FAQ and TechNotes => Font licensing FAQ and TechNotes => FontLab Studio FAQ and TechNotes => Fontographer FAQ and TechNotes => TypeTool FAQ and TechNotes => AsiaFont Studio FAQ and TechNotes => TransType FAQ and TechNotes => ScanFont FAQ and TechNotes => SigMaker FAQ and TechNotes => BitFonter FAQ and TechNotes => Photofont WebReady FAQ and TechNotes => Photofont Start FAQ and TechNotes => Photofont ID FAQ and TechNotes => Photofont QX FAQ and TechNotes ----------------------------- Archive (MSN Groups) ----------------------------- => Archive: Old FontLab forum ===> Archive: FontLab Tips and Tricks ===> Archive: FontLab Bugs and Problems ===> Archive: FontLab Wish List ===> Archive: FontLab Announcements => Archive: Old Microsoft Font Validator group => Archive: Old Microsoft VOLT group => Archive: Old Microsoft VTT group ===> Archive: VTT Downloads ===> Archive: VTT Support ===> Archive: VTT Suggestions => Archive: Old Microsoft WEFT group ===> Archive: WEFT III ===> Archive: EOT for Email => Archive: Old SBL Fonts group ===> Archive: SBL Hebrew ===> Archive: SBL Greek ----------------------------- Various ----------------------------- => fontlab.com — the FontLab website => forum.fontlab.com — this forum => Other Topics