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 > > > -----Original Message----- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > Rogers Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 2:32 PM To: > Framers at lists.frameusers.com 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 -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
