[XeTeX] Inaccessible glyphs

[Andrew Moschou]

>
>
> How do you use them in InDesign -- by manually locating them in an
> "insert glyph" palette or something?


Yes, with insert glyph palette.

> Can they be used in Xe(La)TeX?
>
> As they don't seem to be encoded at any (standard or not) character
> code, and there are no OpenType features to access them, the only way
> to use them would be via their glyph numbers, with \XeTeXglyph. It'll
> work, but it's completely font-specific and non-portable. They don't
> even have proper Adobe-conformant glyph names.
>
> My personal recommendation would be to avoid such fonts, and find
> alternatives that comply with current standards


Yes, I understand that, and I would usually agree.

(I'm quite surprised
> that Microsoft would be shipping these),


I'm not.

but if you really want these
> glyphs then \XeTeXglyph is your friend.
>
> JK


Thanks very much!

Andrew.
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