"insert special character" in editor

rjwse@aol.com · 08-25-2019, 08:40 PM

Some of the special characters do not show up in the list. I suspect them to be extended ASCII or unicode but am not sure. Can anyone tell me how to make them appear? I am using Ubuntu 18.04 gnome. Thank you, Best regards, Pop

lumpynose · 08-25-2019, 09:18 PM

I go to this page and copy the code for the one I need and then paste it into the editor. Use the blue bar at the top of its page to change to different sections.

https://www.toptal.com/designers/htmlarrows/

kovidgoyal · 08-25-2019, 10:58 PM

Which characterrs?

rjwse@aol.com · 08-27-2019, 04:23 PM

In advance, thank you all for your help. Some of the items appear as a blank rectangle and others as completely blank. If you cursor over the position its correct numerical designation appears at the bottom. I enclose 2 screenshots. Best regards, Pop

lumpynose · 08-27-2019, 04:42 PM

Nevermind; Calibre on Windows has its own copy of those fonts. Kovid will know what to do. In the meantime check the Preferences for the editor and have it use Liberation; perhaps you changed it to something else.

I'm guessing that the font you're using is incomplete. I'm using Liberation and it shows those characters. Check and see if you can install the Liberation font package from Ubuntu. Otherwise manually install them from downloading from here: https://github.com/liberationfonts/l...fonts/releases

kovidgoyal · 08-27-2019, 08:31 PM

Your system does not have the fonts needed to display them. I suggest installing some wide coverage fonts such as GNU unifont, symbola, Noto, etc.

08-25-2019, 08:40 PM	#1
rjwse@aol.com Addict Posts: 283 Karma: 2228060 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: LaVernia, Texas Device: kindle epub readers on android	"insert special character" in editor Some of the special characters do not show up in the list. I suspect them to be extended ASCII or unicode but am not sure. Can anyone tell me how to make them appear? I am using Ubuntu 18.04 gnome. Thank you, Best regards, Pop

08-27-2019, 04:23 PM	#4
rjwse@aol.com Addict Posts: 283 Karma: 2228060 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: LaVernia, Texas Device: kindle epub readers on android	"insert special characters" in editor In advance, thank you all for your help. Some of the items appear as a blank rectangle and others as completely blank. If you cursor over the position its correct numerical designation appears at the bottom. I enclose 2 screenshots. Best regards, Pop Attached Thumbnails

08-27-2019, 04:42 PM	#5
lumpynose Wizard Posts: 1,086 Karma: 6719822 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Palm Pilot M105	Nevermind; Calibre on Windows has its own copy of those fonts. Kovid will know what to do. In the meantime check the Preferences for the editor and have it use Liberation; perhaps you changed it to something else. I'm guessing that the font you're using is incomplete. I'm using Liberation and it shows those characters. Check and see if you can install the Liberation font package from Ubuntu. Otherwise manually install them from downloading from here: https://github.com/liberationfonts/l...fonts/releases Last edited by lumpynose; 08-27-2019 at 04:48 PM.

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08-25-2019, 09:18 PM	#2
lumpynose Wizard Posts: 1,086 Karma: 6719822 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Palm Pilot M105	I go to this page and copy the code for the one I need and then paste it into the editor. Use the blue bar at the top of its page to change to different sections. https://www.toptal.com/designers/htmlarrows/

08-25-2019, 10:58 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,866 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Which characterrs?

08-27-2019, 08:31 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,866 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Your system does not have the fonts needed to display them. I suggest installing some wide coverage fonts such as GNU unifont, symbola, Noto, etc.