Importing a glyph or character replaces the current glyph with the outline of a glyph from another font, plus all its hinting (its current VTT Talk and the TrueType tables).
For example, you may want to start over on a particular glyph in a font. If you have a copy of an earlier version of the font, you can retrieve individual glyphs as needed.
Or, you may not be sure whether to hint a certain character as a composite glyph or as individual glyphs. For example, the font designer may have used Fontographer to created the glyph as a composite, but you find that you can’t hint it correctly. You can go back to Fontographer and create the character as an individual glyph and import it into the font for hinting.
Note If you import a composite character from a different font, the only change in the main window will be re-arrangement of the individual glyphs (that is, the components of the composite) according to the arrangement in the imported font.
You can import any glyph from any font, as long as you know the correct glyph index number.
To import a glyph or character
1. In the main window (Ctrl + 1), go to the glyph you want to replace with a new glyph or character.
2. Select import submenu of the File menu and choose Glyph, or press Ctrl + T.
3. Locate and click the font that contains the glyph or character you want to import.
4. In the Glyph Index text box, type the index number of the glyph.
5. Click Import.