Follow-up Comment #3, bug #44235 (group groff): [comment #2 comment #2:] > But what if we want an even-farther-fallback for when even > mounted special fonts come up dry?
If I understand correctly, this is exactly the situation that [http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/commit/?id=c5d6280f3 commit c5d6280f3] addressed. As its log says, it implements "a true 'last-resort' method that only takes effect if all glyph searches fail, including those of special fonts." That commit's solution is fairly simple: .if !c \[u2717] .char \[u2717] X This is used in man pages, which never switch font families. But this is not a feasible general solution, where a document might switch between multiple font families, each with different glyph coverages. The above test will check whether the character is _currently_ available, but then clobber it globally, regardless of what glyphs subsequent fonts offer. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44235> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/
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