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Let's assume we have a text that contains a Unicode character that cannot be displayed because our font has no corresponding glyph. Usually, a placeholder is displayed instead, e.g. a rectangular block thingy (see screenshot).
Is there a "glyph not found" character that reliably produces this glyph? I'd like to write something like "If the following text contains <insert character here> then you need another font..." in a UI.
By the way, I am not talking about � (replacement character). This one is displayed when a Unicode character could not be correctly decoded from a data stream. It does not necessarily produce the same glyph:
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Using the Type tool, click to place the insertion point where you want to enter a character. Choose Type > Glyphs to display the Glyphs panel. To display a different set of characters in the Glyphs panel, do any of the following: Select a different font and type style, if available.
The easy way to know what is in a font's character set is by viewing the software's glyph panel. For any font, begin by selecting the Entire Font option. From there, view the submenus, investigating categories of glyphs you might be interested in. (These categories closely mirror those in the OpenType panel.)
Glyphs are also universal, as others may agree with your glyph and its meaning, making it a universal representation of that word. Glyphs are universal and personal, global and local. They unify communication while recognizing our cultural, geographic and personal differences.
In information technology, a glyph (pronounced GLIHF ; from a Greek word meaning carving) is a graphic symbol that provides the appearance or form for a character .
From the Unicode Spec:
U+25A1 □ WHITE SQUARE
may be used to represent a missing ideograph
→ U+20DE $⃞ combining enclosing square
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