On 17/09/2012 6:24 PM, Alison Craig wrote:
Stuart:
I noodled around a bit on the net and Myriad Pro doesn't actually
seem to be a Unicode font. So then I went to Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_fonts#List_of_Unicode_fonts).
Myriad Pro is not included on their list of Unicode fonts. That isn't
necessarily definitive, but it certainly meshes with the behavior
you're seeing.
I also tried to add a checkmark to one of my own documents that uses
Myriad Pro and I got precisely the behavior you described. So I'm
thinking you need to use another font, at least for special
characters (who knew a checkmark was "special"?)
Alison
Thanks for looking, Alison, but Myriad Pro is definitely Unicode -- it's
an OpenType font (purchased from Adobe). Adobe says:
"The OpenType format offers outstanding benefits to users:
cross-platform font file format, Unicode encoding, rich linguistic
support with the capacity to support over 65,000 glyphs..."
And the checkmark glyph certainly exists in the font; it appears in the
FM character and hex utilities, it works fine in Word, it appears in the
Windows Charater Map in the Unicode subrange "Symbols & Dingbats".
Seems the problem lies with FM; alas, I may have to take Robert's advice
and call Adobe Support <cringe>.
Best regards,
Stuart
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Rogers Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 2:32 PM To:
[email protected] Subject: Help with unicode and question
marks
FM 10.0.2.419, Win7pro 64-bit
I am trying to enter a checkmark glyph in a .fm document. The
paragraph is formatted to use Myriad Pro, which is a unicode font.
No matter how I try to insert the glyph (Hex Input, Character
Palette, copy and paste special as unicode from Word), FM displays
only a question mark.
The character appears in the character palette (with Myriad Pro
chosen as the font) at position x2713 or decimal 10003. Typing
Alt+10003 works in Word (with Myriad Pro chosen), but doing so fails
in FM. The Hex Input tool correctly displays the character in its
ugly little black box; the Character Palette correctly displays the
character in its really ugly black box. But all I get is question
marks in my document.
What am I missing?
thanks,
-- Stuart Rogers
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