Use own FontForge font in XeLaTeX

Question

I created a font for 12 letters, since this is all I need. Having created the font as .ttf I double click on it and press install. With \fontspec I want to see how the font looks like, but I get only the rectangle frame, meaning that the letters are not defined. But when I use LibreOffice I can use my newly installed self made font. I guess I am making a stupid mistake somewhere, but could someone help me find it.

What I see using XeLaTeX.

What I see using LibreOffice Writer.

Answer 1

Your font works just fine. Here's a complete example. As you can see I specify the path where I downloaded your font as I have no intention of installing a font that only has five letters and big problems with spacing ... :)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Untitled1}[Path=L:/fonts/downloads/]
\begin{document}
BEACH
\end{document}

Answer 2

If you have install the font on the path that XeLaTeX will search for any font you should be able to use the font:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec} %to be able to change the font
\setmainfont{Your font name here.ttf}

\begin{document}
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
\end{document}

Your pdf viewer should also be able to use the font.

Edit: from fontspec package documentation:

To load a font that is not in one of the default search paths, its location in the filesystem must be specified with the Path feature: \setmainfont{texgyrepagella}[ Path = /Users/will/Fonts/ , UprightFont = *-regular , BoldFont = *-bold , ... ]