Re: Empty boxes need not be (was Using *-iso10646-1 ...)

From: Mark Davis (mark_macchiato@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Dec 11 1998 - 20:26:26 EST


John Jenkins is currently preparing an updated version of that that
will be on the Unicode site.

Mark

---Mark Leisher <mleisher@crl.nmsu.edu> wrote:
>
> John> On the other hand, a 10646 font may lack a specific
character or two
> John> that are available in some other font, and the user would
be better
> John> off seeing something other than the empty box.
>
> John> On the gripping hand ...?
>
> ... one could use special glyphs for unknown characters in certain
blocks,
> such as the "Last Resort" glyphs (including the "hidden glyphs")
available in
> two forms (below). The trick then is to set this font as a fallback
and
> select the appropriate glyph.
>
> BDF font:
> ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/unicode/fonts/lr24.bdf.gz
>
> GIFs:
> ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/unicode/fonts/hid24gif.tar.gz
> ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/unicode/fonts/lr24gif.tar.gz
>
> Perhaps Mark Davis could provide an update on the location that was
formerly
> known as:
>
> http://people.taligent.com/~davis/LastResortFont/
>
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