On my system both input text and font use the Unicode range for Amharic. So the question is why it is changed to a private area character in the PDF. If Lilypond does not see the font, one would think the code point should not be changed.
> On 15 Aug 2022, at 19:02, Silvain Dupertuis <silvain-dupert...@bluewin.ch> > wrote: > > On my system (Ubuntu), your amharic characters are encoded in the Ethiopan > pane > (U+1200-U+137C) > and they are displayed with the FreeSerif Font > For example ቱ (the third character) is defined as > U+1271 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE TU > > So they are not in any private area. > > I tested them in a LilyPond file, and your amharic charaters show up normally. > Looking at the properties of the PDF files, it gives these fonts : > > name type encoding emb > sub uni object ID > ------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- > --- --- --------- > ETFDGR+C059-Roman Type 1C Custom yes > yes no 7 0 > MNLSBV+Emmentaler-20 Type 1C Custom yes > yes no 13 0 > VLWNVH+FreeSerif TrueType WinAnsi yes > yes yes 9 0 > > So I would suggest you try and install FreeSerif on your system > Look for example and fonts here > > Le 15.08.22 à 17:55, Hans Åberg a écrit : >> composer = "Mulatu Astatke (ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ)" > > > -- > Silvain Dupertuis > Route de Lausanne 335 > 1293 Bellevue (Switzerland) > tél. +41-(0)22-774.20.67 > portable +41-(0)79-604.87.52 > web: silvain-dupertuis.org