script for adding glyph using its id

<DIV><SPAN class=953405720-05112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>thank <br />you all</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR><br /><DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=ar-sa dir=ltr align=left><br /><HR tabIndex=-1><br /><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Olav Kvern [mailto:member@adobeforums.com] <br /><BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 05, 2008 12:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B> <br />adobe.scripting.indesign@adobeforums.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: script for <br />adding glyph using its id<BR></FONT><BR></DIV><br /><DIV></DIV>A new message was posted by Olav Kvern in <BR><BR><B>InDesign <br />Scripting</B> --<BR>  script for adding glyph using its id<BR><BR>Hi <br />Dave, Mohammad, <BR><BR>The best thing to do in this case is to make a story <br />containing the characters you're interested in, then get the contents of each <br />character to find out what InDesign thinks they are. Then use those strings when <br />you need to enter each character. If you really need to use the glyph id, you <br />can make an array that constitutes a "mapping table" for all of the glyph <br />id/string value pairs you're interested in. <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR><BR>Ole <BR><BR><br /><HR align=left width=200><br />View/reply at <A href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.59b6ea98/5">script <br />for adding glyph using its id</A><BR>Replies by email are OK.<BR>Use the <A <br />href="http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?280@@.59b6ea98!folder=.eea52bc">unsubscribe</A> <br />form to cancel your email subscription.<BR><BR>

Hi Dave, Mohammad,

The best thing to do in this case is to make a story containing the characters you're interested in, then get the contents of each character to find out what InDesign thinks they are. Then use those strings when you need to enter each character. If you really need to use the glyph id, you can make an array that constitutes a "mapping table" for all of the glyph id/string value pairs you're interested in.

Thanks,

Ole

Interesting. I don't think it is possible in InDesign to refer to a glyph in a font by other than a unicode value, although perhaps there are ways you can associate more than one glyph with the same unicode value and then get the right one through some kind of internal mechanism in the font (like contextual alternates, or something).

You might want to post about this in the Typography forum. The people there will certainly have a better idea than me what is possible.

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Dave

I didn't know it was possible to create a font that doesn't have unicode values for its glyphs.

Dave

You'll need to know the relationship of the glyph's Id to its unicode value. You insert text into an InDesign story by using string variables and they don't know about glyph Ids.

Dave