Weird Overlapping, how to fix?

This is roughly how it should look:

https://preview.redd.it/1rs4zakdqvuf1.png?width=544&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd9518efc279ae403f9798bf9203a319ce2bfa06

This is how it is looking (Open Office):

https://preview.redd.it/gq285zecqvuf1.png?width=215&format=png&auto=webp&s=df581d6b4e4888a407fed5a9e0572d6edbc4555d

This is how it is looking also (Wordpad):

https://preview.redd.it/5cz5njfjqvuf1.png?width=279&format=png&auto=webp&s=70fe246a104cfbc444dd16846300f0666328e571

I have made other fonts with Fontforge before that looked fine:

https://preview.redd.it/zr2ogm3mqvuf1.png?width=318&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b27e89bb6780860ff11e051b3dfba91c3cadf65

What am I getting wrong and how can I fix it?

  • 1 points GlyphrStudio

    Have you tried previewing it in Glyphr Studio, on the Live Preview page? The first thing to check would be that each character has an Advance Width that makes sense, and that the previews look good before you export the font.

    If the exported font is still looking strange, send me an email with your project file attached and I can investigate: mail@glyphrstudio.com

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    1 points wibbly-water

    Thanks for responding :)

    Live Preview isn't working right because I am using Private Use Area Unicode code points;

    https://preview.redd.it/b94yaa3fuvuf1.png?width=993&format=png&auto=webp&s=9cbe873607a973e795153ef52cfa74d8594b66a3

    Also I haven't added the default letters (A-Z) yet because this project is mostly focusing on punctuation. so they aren't showing up either.

    parent root
    1 points GlyphrStudio

    If you have designs in for any Unicode Code Point, including Private Use area, then they should show up "normally" on the live preview page. It looks like you have some characters pasted there - were you expecting to have shapes show up in the preview, or are those characters blank?

    parent root
    1 points wibbly-water

    Yes those characters in that box should indeed show up, They are the same L-like and speech-mark-like characters in the above post.

    parent root
    1 points wibbly-water

    The numbers and other punctuation points are working decently, but then when I add " it broke and they all combined weirdly.

    https://preview.redd.it/01pdyvnxuvuf1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=175362b90dc7a9fb86c4549309fa9ed7ab7e3dbf

    parent root
    1 points GlyphrStudio

    This is a bug I've been trying to track down, please email me your .gs2 project file so I can reproduce the bug and fix it! [mail@glyphrstudio.com](mailto:mail@glyphrstudio.com)

    parent root
    1 points wibbly-water

    Will do :)

    parent root
    1 points wibbly-water

    https://preview.redd.it/rqt7m29evvuf1.png?width=291&format=png&auto=webp&s=9edad5253b0a0b4c4af8fb393e05f1bd8ad120e3

    But even they are being highlighted weirdly.

    parent root
  • 1 points mattlag

    This bug was fixed in v2.8.2

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