diff --git a/adafruit_bitmap_font/lvfontbin.py b/adafruit_bitmap_font/lvfontbin.py
index 13075da..5438f04 100644
--- a/adafruit_bitmap_font/lvfontbin.py
+++ b/adafruit_bitmap_font/lvfontbin.py
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ class LVGLFont(GlyphCache):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, f: FileIO, bitmap_class=None):
+        """Initialize LVGL font.
+
+        Args:
+            f: File object containing the LVGL font data
+            bitmap_class: Optional bitmap class to use for glyphs. Defaults to displayio.Bitmap.
+        """
         super().__init__()
         f.seek(0)
         self.file = f
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ def __init__(self, f: FileIO, bitmap_class=None):
                 self._x_offset = 0
                 self._y_offset = self._descent
             elif table_marker == b"cmap":
-                self._load_cmap(remaining_section)
+                self._load_cmap(remaining_section, section_start)
             elif table_marker == b"loca":
                 self._max_cid = struct.unpack("<I", remaining_section[0:4])[0]
                 self._loca_start = section_start + 4
@@ -112,21 +118,40 @@ def _load_head(self, data):
         self._compression_alg = data[33]
         self._subpixel_rendering = data[34]
 
-    def _load_cmap(self, data):
+    def _load_cmap(self, data, section_start):
         data = memoryview(data)
         subtable_count = struct.unpack("<I", data[0:4])[0]
-        self._cmap_tiny = []
+        self._cmap_subtables = []
+        data_offset = 4
+
         for i in range(subtable_count):
-            subtable_header = data[4 + 16 * i : 4 + 16 * (i + 1)]
-            (_, range_start, range_length, glyph_offset, _) = struct.unpack(
-                "<IIHHH", subtable_header[:14]
+            subtable_header = data[data_offset + 16 * i : data_offset + 16 * (i + 1)]
+            # Subtable header format:
+            # 4 bytes - data offset
+            # 4 bytes - range start
+            # 2 bytes - range length
+            # 2 bytes - glyph ID offset
+            # 2 bytes - data entries count
+            # 1 byte - format type
+            # 1 byte - padding
+            if len(subtable_header) < 16:
+                raise RuntimeError("Invalid cmap subtable header size")
+
+            (data_offset_val, range_start, range_length, glyph_offset, entries_count) = (
+                struct.unpack("<IIHHH", subtable_header[:14])
             )
             format_type = subtable_header[14]
 
-            if format_type != 2:
-                raise RuntimeError(f"Unsupported cmap format {format_type}")
-
-            self._cmap_tiny.append((range_start, range_start + range_length, glyph_offset))
+            # Store subtable header info
+            subtable_info = {
+                "format": format_type,
+                "data_offset": data_offset_val + section_start - 8,
+                "range_start": range_start,
+                "range_length": range_length,
+                "glyph_offset": glyph_offset,
+                "entries_count": entries_count,
+            }
+            self._cmap_subtables.append(subtable_info)
 
     @property
     def ascent(self) -> int:
@@ -177,10 +202,38 @@ def load_glyphs(self, code_points: Union[int, str, Iterable[int]]) -> None:
         for code_point in code_points:
             # Find character ID in the cmap table
             cid = None
-            for start, end, offset in self._cmap_tiny:
-                if start <= code_point < end:
-                    cid = offset + (code_point - start)
-                    break
+
+            # Search through all subtables
+            for subtable in self._cmap_subtables:
+                format_type = subtable["format"]
+                range_start = subtable["range_start"]
+                range_length = subtable["range_length"]
+                glyph_offset = subtable["glyph_offset"]
+                entries_count = subtable["entries_count"]
+                data_offset = subtable["data_offset"]
+
+                if range_start <= code_point < range_start + range_length:
+                    if format_type == 0:  # Continuous
+                        # Read the glyph IDs from the data section (single bytes)
+                        self.file.seek(data_offset)
+                        subtable_data = self.file.read(entries_count)
+                        glyph_id = subtable_data[code_point - range_start]
+                        cid = glyph_id + glyph_offset
+                        break
+                    elif format_type == 2:  # Format 0 tiny
+                        cid = glyph_offset + (code_point - range_start)
+                        break
+                    elif format_type == 3:  # Sparse tiny
+                        # Read the codepoint offsets from the data section
+                        self.file.seek(data_offset)
+                        subtable_data = self.file.read(entries_count * 2)
+                        for i in range(entries_count):
+                            cp_offset = struct.unpack("<H", subtable_data[i * 2 : (i + 1) * 2])[0]
+                            if cp_offset + range_start == code_point:
+                                cid = glyph_offset + i
+                                break
+                        if cid is not None:
+                            break
 
             if cid is None or cid >= self._max_cid:
                 self._glyphs[code_point] = None
diff --git a/examples/bitmap_font_lvgl_simpletest.py b/examples/bitmap_font_lvgl_simpletest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72f9872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bitmap_font_lvgl_simpletest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Scott Shawcroft for Adafruit Industries
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+"""
+This example demonstrates loading and using an LVGL format font.
+You can convert fonts to LVGL format using the online converter:
+https://lvgl.io/tools/fontconverter
+"""
+
+from adafruit_bitmap_font import bitmap_font
+
+# Use the Japanese font file
+font_file = "fonts/unifont-16.0.02-ja.bin"
+
+font = bitmap_font.load_font(font_file)
+print("Successfully loaded LVGL font")
+print("Font metrics:")
+print(f"  Ascent: {font.ascent}")
+print(f"  Descent: {font.descent}")
+bbox = font.get_bounding_box()
+print(f"  Bounding box: width={bbox[0]}, height={bbox[1]}, x_offset={bbox[2]}, y_offset={bbox[3]}")
+
+# Test characters
+test_japanese = "a こんにちは世界🎉"  # Hello World in Japanese (according to Claude)
+print(f"\nTesting characters: {test_japanese}")
+font.load_glyphs(test_japanese)
+for c in test_japanese:
+    glyph = font.get_glyph(ord(c))
+    if glyph:
+        print(f"  Character '{c}' (U+{ord(c):04X}):")  # Print ASCII art representation of the glyph
+        for y in range(glyph.height):
+            pixels = []
+            for x in range(glyph.width):
+                value = glyph.bitmap[x, y]
+                pixel = "#" if value > 0 else " "
+                pixels.append(pixel)
+            print("    " + "".join(pixels))
+    else:
+        print(f"  Character '{c}' (U+{ord(c):04X}) not found in font")
diff --git a/examples/fonts/unifont-16.0.02-ascii-emoji.bin b/examples/fonts/unifont-16.0.02-ascii-emoji.bin
index 71ba9b4..418f709 100644
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diff --git a/examples/fonts/unifont-16.0.02-ja.bin b/examples/fonts/unifont-16.0.02-ja.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e550156
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diff --git a/examples/fonts/unifont-16.0.02-ja.bin.license b/examples/fonts/unifont-16.0.02-ja.bin.license
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18b43d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/fonts/unifont-16.0.02-ja.bin.license
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 GNU Unifont Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: OFL-1.1
+
+# Unifont version 16.0.02 is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1).
+
+# Original Unifont converted to LVGL binary format for use with CircuitPython.