Allow use for foreign fonts

[osswix]

I have a conlang that heavily relies on spelling in a conscript, this conscript has already a font made for it, which i will upload to my own domain (thus from which it should be able to be grabbed); it however uses the private use parts of unicode, so edititing it in in lexicon.ga results in empty boxes only. Would like to see this feature added (even if potentially being a donate/pay only feature).~

[Alamantus]

Hi @osswix Believe it or not, conscript support is actually a feature I am planning on including in the paid membership for the upcoming version! The idea I had was to replace characters (or character combinations) with images on a grid. I hadn't thought to allow custom fonts, though, so I'll definitely add that to the list of things to include, especially since it will allow for much easier setup.

I don't know how much longer the upcoming version will take to finish since I am not able to work on it frequently, but I am hoping that I'll be able to launch it by the end of the year!

[Alamantus]

I'm just gonna make some notes on my plans for what to do in here:

• One uploaded font per dictionary (this is for ease of storing the file as well as maintaining server storage)
  • Will require an account because otherwise I can't store the font file
  • I'll try to find some efficient way of doing it locally so an account won't be needed, but I'm not optimistic
• Auto-apply font to the "Word" field
• Add a checkbox option to apply font to dictionary name?

I need to think of syntax for inline font specification. This will likely need to tie into the orthography specification (#24) while still working with the word linking.

I'm thinking inline will use [[this]] syntax, which means that {{linking}} will need to find the linked word before any orthographic transformations are applied, and then make the orthographic changes while wrapping the word in a <span> to apply the font.

It shouldn't be too hard, but I'll have to make sure I can do it in a way I'll be able to understand later.