Re: unexpected behavior with FXFontSelector

I understand this. The "problem" is that Arial does not have a
the "subscript 2" character but it gets displayed properly in the
FXFontSelector. How does it do this? It does not display properly
in FXFontSelector for several other fonts which do not have the
"subscript 2" character...I just see the empty square character,
this is what I expect.

js


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Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 1:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [Foxgui-users] unexpected behavior with
FXFontSelector

On 2023-06-30 08:51, John Selverian wrote:
> I'm seeing something strange with FXFontSelector (Fox v1.7.50)
> 
> 
> 
> I've added Unicode for a subscript 2 (\\u2082 <file://u2082> )
to the 
> preview text.
> 
> 
> 
> I select Arial and it displays fine. Back in my program the
subscript 
> 2 shows as an empty box indicating that the character does not
exist.
> 
> 
> 
> My program should be correct since it displays the subscript 2
fine 
> with other fonts (like Segoe UI).
> 
> 
> 
> I've also check with MS Word that the subscript 2 does not
exist in 
> the Arial.
> 
> 
> 
> My question is how/why does it display fine in the preview in 
> FXFontSelector even though it does not exist in Arial? It even
looks 
> like the Arial font. I see the same with other fonts not just
Arial.

Make sure both are using the same font and pitch.  Not all fonts
have the full unicode repertoire in them; in fact, most fonts
have only a fraction of the full repertoire of glyphs.

    -- JVZ