[XeTeX] Finding out if a font supports a particular Unicode character and using it

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 29.01.2010 um 07:42 schrieb R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar:

> I would like to use the Unicode character U+2605 Black Star in the  
> Miscellaneous Symbols block,

Many CJK fonts have it. Plus: Arev Sans, Arial Unicode, Asana Math,  
Cardo, Caslon, Code2000, FreeMono, FreeSerif, Linux Biolinum and Linux  
Libertine, Lucida Sans, Monospace, TITUS Cyberbit, Unicode Symbols,  
Zapf Dingbats, ...


> or lternatively, the character U+272A Circled White Star in the  
> Dingbats block in a .tex file.

Adobe Pi, Arev Sans, Arial Unicode, Code2000, FreeSerif, Lucida Sans,  
STIX, Unicode Symbols, Zapf Dingbats, ...

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   Pete

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