[XeTeX] lacking precomposed character
Ross Moore
ross at ics.mq.edu.au
Wed May 20 02:31:24 CEST 2009
Hi Barry,
On 20/05/2009, at 7:37 AM, Barry MacKichan wrote:
> The Windows character map shows that character as the Cyrillic
> schwa. That's curious that there is a Cyrillic one and not a Latin
> one, even though they are presumably the same.
Curious indeed; and it raises an interesting question.
xunicode is looking for Ux0259 ; viz.
\DeclareUTFcharacter[\UTFencname]{x0259}{\schwa}
\DeclareUTFcharacter[\UTFencname]{x0259}{\textschwa} % TIPA-@
In cases like this, is it reasonable to look at alternative
locations, when the font doesn't support the character at a
lower code-point?
Preferably such a fall-back mechanism would be handled within
a separate style file for the particular font.
But it might be reasonable for xunicode to keep a listing
of such possibilities, to make it easier for someone to write
that font-specific package.
>
> -Barry
>> A nd in the Mac "Character Palette" it doesn't show the schwa. But
>> open the font in FontForge, and you'll be able to find it and use
>> something like:
>>
>> \def\ə{\overstrike{\char"04D9}{¯}}
>>
>> and it should work.
Thanks to both Barry and Fr Michael for these little facts.
Cheers,
Ross
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