On 08/03/2023 07:29, Rob Sargent wrote:
LuaLaTeX may be instructed to use fallback fonts, see e.g.
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To my taste it is too low level.
That I placed the unicode into the text was "too low level"? I could
argue that "it's a UTF doc", or that "\ding{55}" is bizarrely high
level. Other's have shown methods which maximize the cross export
experience. I'll consider those. I'm not sure LuaLaTex is an option
for me.
I would prefer to use Unicode symbols in UTF-8 encoded documents. While
browsers and office software tries to find some substitution when some
glyph is not available in requested font, configuration of LaTeX engines
is more complicated. Support of Unicode in LuaTeX is much better than in
pdfTeX. Unfortunately for characters outside of ~latin-1 set, all fonts
must be carefully configured. I consider necessity to specify font per
language and fallback fonts as too low level operations for regular users.
I do not see a robust way to determine fonts available for LaTeX to
implement automatic configuration in ox-latex with reasonable amount of
code.
I recommend to consider LuaLaTeX if you are going to use Unicode.
Alternatives are PDF export through LibreOffice or through HTML and a
browser.
