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avoid unicode in the document? Duy Nguyen (30 Aug 2020 01:41 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (30 Aug 2020 08:15 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Duy Nguyen (30 Aug 2020 09:17 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (30 Aug 2020 09:42 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (30 Aug 2020 13:07 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Arthur A. Gleckler (30 Aug 2020 18:35 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (31 Aug 2020 06:47 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Arthur A. Gleckler (31 Aug 2020 07:10 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (31 Aug 2020 07:15 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Arthur A. Gleckler (31 Aug 2020 07:30 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Duy Nguyen (31 Aug 2020 09:10 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (31 Aug 2020 09:28 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Duy Nguyen (31 Aug 2020 10:46 UTC)
Re: avoid unicode in the document? Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (31 Aug 2020 10:53 UTC)

Re: avoid unicode in the document? Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen 31 Aug 2020 09:28 UTC

Am Mo., 31. Aug. 2020 um 11:10 Uhr schrieb Duy Nguyen <xxxxxx@gmail.com>:

> I'm pretty sure default fontconfig configuration will attempt to fall
> back to another font if available. I just don't happen to have any
> fonts that cover "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A" block.

Does the ellipsis <code>&hellip;</code> show up correctly in your
browser with your fonts installed?

And what about <code>&lsaquo;token&rsaquo;</code>? Do they render
better than the symbols I have been using so far?

> My point is probably opposite of Marc's, avoid unicode characeters
> unless absolutely needed, and in this case '<' and '>' should work
> just fine. Please don't update css to add more fonts because of me.

Being used to all the nice characters TeX gives us, I don't want to
ban Unicode completely, but I understand the need not to use too
uncommon glyphs.