On 2010-01-21 12:51 John Jason Jordan wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:21:22 -0500
Eustace <emf...@gmail.com> dijo:
When I open the webpage
http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/miscellaneous_symbols_and_arrows.html
in FF I can see, for example, character ⬑ (U+2B11). However, when I
cut and paste the character in OOo Writer, it does not display it.
Normally it copies and pastes font, size, etc. but in this case it
uses the specified default font.
Can somebody explain to me what is going on? How does FF (or TB)
displays it and OOo does not?
What operating system are you using?
1) If Windows, which version?
Vista Home Basic SP2
May I also ask with what font did the character appeared correctly in
your Writer?
I use Junicode as my default font. You can set the default font in your
default template. You can also create different templates for different
purposes, with different default fonts if you wish. You should also set
it as the default globally in Tools > Options > Fonts.
I downloaded the latest version of Deja Vu fonts and now it appears OK
with them (except in the Deja Vu Sans Mono), but not with any other
fonts that I've tried so far.
I think there is the nub of the problem. There doesn't exist a font
with all characters defined in current Unicode standards because
Unicode defines hundreds of thousands of glyphs. Font designers have
to stop somewhere.
There are tons of free open source fonts out there. I suggest you
google for a while and find a font that you like and that contains the
characters you need for your work. I settled on Junicode because I
write about linguistics and Junicode contains the special glyphs I
need. You need to find a font that works for your needs.
Once you find a font that has the characters you need, set it as the
default in OOo. You can also set a default font in Thunderbird and
Firefox, and many other programs.
Here is what I do not understand: In FF I have set as default font
Sans-Serif: Tahoma, and as I said it displays the character correctly.
In TB I have set as default font Monospace: Liberation Mono, and again
it displays correctly. Both these fonts, however, do not display the
character in OOo. What's going on?
emf
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