Kohl, Christian wrote: > On which basis does the character tool operate? Does it default to some > ?system font?? I just noticed that it shows more characters under Mac > than under Windows XP so I started to wonder. It has definitely nothing > to do with the fonts you specify under ?Options?.
The Character tool uses the *logical* Java[m] font called "Serif". This logical font, which needs to be usable for the whole Unicode basic plane = 65535 characters, is mapped to a number of native, physical, fonts (e.g. on Windows: Arial, Dingbats, ...). This mapping is platform dependant and sometimes, there are character ranges for which there is no suitable native physical fonts. Let's say that on the Mac, the mapping is more comprehensive than on Windows. > Is there a way to > change the font the Character Tool uses? Yes, change the mapping used by the Java runtime. See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/intl/fontprop.html
