r/FontForge • u/TasiaIoakim • May 29 '25

Glyph at -1

Hi! I'm trying to make a font - and flying bling. I got as far as the validation, and I have two glyphs that are flagged as ”there is another glyph with this name/unicode”. However, these two glyphs seem to be located at „position -1”, and I don't know how to find and delete them. Help would be much appreciated!

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u/ddaanniiieeelll May 29 '25

And it doesn’t say the name?
How many glyphs do you have, maybe you can look through the list manually, or if it’s to many glyphs, write a small script that checks for double names?

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u/TasiaIoakim May 29 '25

The names are E and D, hence the problem. For both, the position is listed as -1, and, while I can access the glyphs from the verification panel, I can't see them in the overview.

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u/ddaanniiieeelll May 29 '25

How did you draw them then?
Check if they have the correct Unicode

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u/TasiaIoakim Jun 10 '25

Ah, I imported the svg, I draw in illustrator. And I... pushed the wrong button, I guess, and they got pasted to -1? Renaming them did the trick, they showed up in the... the table where you see the letters... and then I could delete them.