Re:Shapecatcher - draw the unicode character you want
by mkl on Friday November 11, 2011 @12:37AM
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Yes, it's in Dejavu Sans, which is what Shapecatcher uses. I'm guessing the Kannada block just isn't in the database yet.
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Re:Shapecatcher - draw the unicode character you want
by bhrgunatha on Friday November 11, 2011 @02:53AM
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It isn't included in Dejavu Sans. I (and others) had to install a different font to be able to see it.
Re:Shapecatcher - draw the unicode character you want
by mkl on Friday November 11, 2011 @03:28AM
(#3223898)
You are right. On my system it's being automatically substituted from another font, even in character map applications.
Re:Shapecatcher - draw the unicode character you want
by bhrgunatha on Friday November 11, 2011 @05:14AM
(#3224105)
I really wish font handling and rendering were a bit simpler to understand and troubleshoot in Linux.
Recently I had an annoying problem where some web pages weren't rendering the fonts correctly. It turned out the reason was a font config file for a Chinese bitmap font was causing firefox's font rendering to alter - both chromium and another browser were working as expected (according to the css rules). Tracking down the problem took several weeks and several dead ends and I only stumbled on the answer by accident anyway.