Only just noticed that (some) APL chars are not showing correctly on
my Mac with the APWJ pages, eg in
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/Articles/Play223
notably "quad", which shows as '?'.

The correct unicode (utf-8) char-codes are there, because I can
copy/paste the offending code from the page into TextEdit, set the
font to APL385 Unicode, and I then see the correct chars.

Am I the only person with this problem?

I'd guess that MoinMoin is set up to specify certain fonts for its
code styles, eg <tt class='backtick' ... and these fonts (including
JSans, maybe?) do not have the APL charset properly represented.

Could it be possible for these code styles to opt to use APL385
Unicode if it's installed? (It's downloadable free from
http://www.vector.org.uk/?area=fonts )

Or maybe have a separate APL style (needed both for <pre and for <tt)?
A separate style would be a pity, because the APWJ book (Edn 1) uses
APL385 Unicode for all code, J included.

In general it's nice to be able to exhibit APL expressions, if only to
diss 'em. :-)

Ian
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