202Merging FontsYou can merge fonts

202Merging FontsYou can merge fonts – append all the glyphs from one font to another –with the Merge Fonts command in the Tools menu or in the Fonts panel. Merging fonts is very useful when you have several fonts that cover different scripts and want to combine them into one big Unicode font. Smaller fonts are easier to manage and open/save.During this process FontLab Studio will try to keep hinting information, composite glyphs and kerning pairs. FontLab Studio will also try to keep the Unicode codepoints and names of the appended glyphs.To merge fonts in the Fonts panel:1. Open the two fonts you want to merge.2. Open the Fonts panel.3. Activate the font to which you want to append glyphs – double-click the font name in the Fonts panel.4. In the Fonts panel select the font from which you want to append glyphs.5. Click the Append button in the Fonts panel toolbar.If copied glyphs have names that already exist in the destination font, FontLab Studio will replace existing glyphs.Editing Fonts203To merge fonts with the menu command:1. Open the two fonts you want to merge.2. Activate the font to which you want to append glyphs.3. Select the Merge Fonts command from the Tools menu. The Merge Fonts dialog box appears: 4. In the font list select the font from which you want to append glyphs.5. Set the desired action for the cases when glyphs have names that already exist in the destination font. You may choose to overwrite existing glyphs, or rename source or destination glyphs, or to not copy duplicate glyphs at all.6. Click on the OK button to merge fonts.FontLab Studio 5204