unshown char "․"

brolny · 10-24-2015, 03:25 AM

char " ․ "
- not shown in book view
- shown as "square" in code view

HarryT · 10-24-2015, 03:39 AM

Means that the glyph is not present in the font you're using. This has absolutely nothing to do with Sigil.

brolny · 10-24-2015, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Means that the glyph is not present in the font you're using. This has absolutely nothing to do with Sigil.

Thanks,
- but using Notepad with the same font - everything is OK.
- in Sigil I can select only a few fonts for CSS/Code View and noone show the right char (with all these fonts Notepad show right char).
Can you, please, give me any suggestions wich font to use,
if this is not the Sigil's problem.
Thanks in advance.

By the way,
to apply a new font selected in the Settings of Appearance for Code view - I have allways REopen htm file in Sigil.

Notjohn · 10-24-2015, 05:37 AM

I've had this experience, and I solved it by changing the character, though I don't remember how. I use Georgia in Book View / Preview, Courier in Code View.

Interesting that it might have changed, had I changed the font. Never thought of that! It just made me nervous that somewhere, someone might have the same experience on his e-reader.

Doitsu · 10-24-2015, 06:18 AM

I wasn't able to reproduce this issue with the Sigil 0.8.7 and 0.8.9 Windows and Linux versions. It's most likely a system font management issue.
Since Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New don't contain the ONE DOT LEADER glyph (․), the system most likely uses a fallback font for this glyph. AFAIK, Windows uses Segoe UI Symbol. If you don't have this font installed, you might see a box.

As a workaround you could either install a free font that contains this glyph, e.g. Charis SIL, DejaVu Sans/Serif, Linux Libertine/Linux Biolinum, and select it as the display font and/or use the equivalent HTML entity (․ or ․).

(Make sure to add whatever entity you choose to the Entities to preserve dialog box (Edit > Preferences > Preserve Entities) otherwise Sigil will convert it to the corresponding Unicode character and you might not be able to tell it apart from a normal dot.)

10-24-2015, 06:18 AM	#5
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,683 Karma: 24031401 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	I wasn't able to reproduce this issue with the Sigil 0.8.7 and 0.8.9 Windows and Linux versions. It's most likely a system font management issue. Since Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New don't contain the ONE DOT LEADER glyph (․), the system most likely uses a fallback font for this glyph. AFAIK, Windows uses Segoe UI Symbol. If you don't have this font installed, you might see a box. As a workaround you could either install a free font that contains this glyph, e.g. Charis SIL, DejaVu Sans/Serif, Linux Libertine/Linux Biolinum, and select it as the display font and/or use the equivalent HTML entity (․ or ․). (Make sure to add whatever entity you choose to the Entities to preserve dialog box (Edit > Preferences > Preserve Entities) otherwise Sigil will convert it to the corresponding Unicode character and you might not be able to tell it apart from a normal dot.) Last edited by Doitsu; 10-24-2015 at 06:32 AM.

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10-24-2015, 03:39 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Means that the glyph is not present in the font you're using. This has absolutely nothing to do with Sigil.

10-24-2015, 05:37 AM	#4
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,518 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	I've had this experience, and I solved it by changing the character, though I don't remember how. I use Georgia in Book View / Preview, Courier in Code View. Interesting that it might have changed, had I changed the font. Never thought of that! It just made me nervous that somewhere, someone might have the same experience on his e-reader.