On Wed 06 Nov 2019 at 09:22:28 (+0100), Karsten Reincke wrote: > Thanks for your comments and discussion. Very helpful! > @saul: Sorry, for this silly additional question: How do I insert a unicode > character (for example U+266D) in a lyric text, if I do not have a > corresponding > font etc? Do you have eny example?
This depends on what system you're on and which editor you're typing into. For example, in emacs you could type ^X 8 Return 266d Return for ♭ (or you could type ^X 8 Return *flat Tab and it would open a window with all the Unicode characters with 'flat' anywhere in their name). Long-winded, but works for any character. Alternatively, for those you use more frequently, you could define Compose characters that work in X servers (~/.XCompose containing lines like <Multi_key> <c> <o> : "©" copyright # COPYRIGHT SIGN), or ones that work everywhere in Debian linux (/etc/console-setup/remap.inc containing, for example, compose '#' 'b' to U+266d # '♭'). Or you could cut and paste from a screen containing a more well-endowed font, or even from a systematic table of characters where the chars are present but not displayed (if your cut/paste will work that way). Other OSes and editors will have equivalent functions. Cheers, David.
