You can import text into any text-based table, which saves time if the text already exists elsewhere.
For example, if most of the data in a ‘cvt’ table you completed for another font applies to the open font, you may want to use that ‘cvt’ table to replace the ‘cvt’ template that Visual TrueType imported when you prepared the font.
Note When another font has data you can use “as is” or with minor modification, export it as a text file (see “Exporting Text” next) and then import it into the font where it’s needed.
The imported text replaces everything in the selected window. Be sure this is what you want to do so you don’t lose data you want to keep.
Get in the habit of saving your font just before importing text. That way, if you import the text but change your mind, you can close your font—but when prompted, don’t save the version with the imported text. Then you can open the font again and resume with the saved version.
To replace the contents of a text-based window
1. Save your work by clicking Save on the File menu, or pressing Ctrl + S.
2. Select the window you want to replace with imported text by clicking on the window, choosing it in the View menu, or pressing its associated keyboard shortcut.
3. From the Import submenu of the File menu, click Text.
4. Locate and click the text file you want to import.
5. Click Open.