On 28 Nov 2011, at 06:59, Heiko Oberdiek wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 03:07:07PM +1030, Andrew Moschou wrote: > >> 2011/11/28 Zdenek Wagner <[email protected]> >> >>> Put it into an \hbox and measure its width (\wd). If the width is >>> zero, the glyph does not exist. >>> >> >> If the required glyph doesn't exist, wouldn't this measure the ".notdef" >> glyph? > > No,
Yes, it would (and .notdef may of course have non-zero width). > the problem is rather that a existing glyph can have width zero > (not likely in your case) and that there is a warning in the .log file. > See my examples. Assuming the OP is interested in "native" truetype/opentype fonts, not .tfm-based fonts, \XeTeXcharglyph is the simple answer. JK -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
