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- Doug McK. From: "George N. White III" <gnw...@gmail.com> To: "xetex" <xetex@tug.org> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2021 8:14:58 AM Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Guaranteed Unicode replacement glyph in every TeX installation? On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 22:46, Doug McKenna < [ mailto:d...@mathemaesthetics.com | d...@mathemaesthetics.com ] > wrote: Using XeTeX, I want to typeset a LaTeX document into a PDF file. The LaTeX source code in UTF-8 BQ_BEGIN expressly includes the Unicode Replacement character (� = U+FFFD) (a black diamond with a BQ_END BQ_BEGIN question mark in it). I want to typeset it in this single document using a monospaced font in one place, and in another BQ_END BQ_BEGIN place in a variable-width font. I understand that XeTeX can take advantage of one's system's installed fonts, but my LaTeX file BQ_END BQ_BEGIN is being generated by another program that doesn't know what those fonts are or what glyphs BQ_END BQ_BEGIN they support. I simply want to guarantee that the fonts used are always available when processing BQ_END BQ_BEGIN that LaTeX file. BQ_END BQ_BEGIN I also understand that it's possible to synthesize the glyph graphically without using a font, but I'd BQ_END BQ_BEGIN rather not go that route. So ... What fixed-width and variable-width OpenType (or other) fonts, if any, are always distributed BQ_END BQ_BEGIN with TeX or TeXLive or whatever that one can rely upon to be available for placing this particular BQ_END BQ_BEGIN glyph in a final PDF file? What would be the correct incantation to doing so? BQ_END 0xFFFD should be in any mainstream general use OpenType font. It might be better to ask which OT fonts to avoid due to low quality, bugs, lack of ongoing support, etc. There has been a lot of churn in the available fonts over the years, so the answer may be different if you need fonts that can be expected to have long-term support and availability. -- George N. White III
