Il gio, 2004-06-24 alle 07:28, Daniel O'Donnell ha scritto:
The discussion of Junicode Wynn raises an interesting question: how can I find whether my system has a particular unicode character on it?
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So how does one know if a specific character is a) present on my system or b) commonly or rarely found in fonts? There are several free tools and techniques you can use (these are windows based tools: I'd be interested in hearing about linux or mac based ones).
There is a very good tool for Linux [*], Gucharmap (http://gucharmap.sourceforge.net/): it allows you to browse all characters/fonts present in your system and to look for specific characters/code points. For instance, you can search the string "latin small letter a with" to find all combination of 'a' with accents, dots, macron, etc. Then you can copy the desired character(s) in a text field, and even type more text using the keyboard, so that you're ready to copy and paste the resulting string in your document. Very useful.
[*] It's an application for the GNOME desktop, so it actually runs wherever GNOME runs: Linux, *BSD, Unix, Solaris.
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