From: Eike Rathke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [l10n-dev] Unicode Last Resort Font
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:12:48 +0200

> Hi,
> 
> Apple provided a Last Resort font that can be downloaded from the
> Unicode.org site, you'll have to agree to an EULA though.
> 
> Citing from
> http://www.unicode.org/policies/lastresortfont_eula.html
> 
> | The Last Resort font is a collection of glyphs to represent types of Unicode
> | characters. These glyphs are designed to allow users to recognize that an
> | encoded value is one of the following:
> | 
> |     * a specific type of Unicode character
> |     * in the Private Use Area (no private agreement exists)
> |     * unassigned (reserved for future assignment)
> |     * one of the illegal character codes.
> | 
> | These glyphs are used as the backup of "last resort" to any other font; if 
> the
> | font cannot represent any particular Unicode character, the appropriate
> | "missing" glyph from the Last Resort font is used instead. This provides 
> users
> | with the ability to tell what sort of character it is, and gives them a 
> clue as
> | to what type of font they would need to display the characters correctly.
> 
> For details and download visit the URL given above.

Very important :) thanks Eike for telling us
-- Nakata Maho http://accc.riken.jp/maho/


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