I'm trying to access a code point in a non-Unicode font, namely the ITC Zapf
Dingbats font that comes with groff. E.g., the code point 0x6E in Dingbats is a
black square, and so far I see no way of using the hex number directly to
typeset a black square. I have to convert it to 110 decimal, e.g.,
\f(ZD\N'110'\fP.
Following your message, I tried using \f(ZD\[u006E]\fP, but no dice. U+006E is
of course n, and groff tries to find "special character \n", even though the
prevailing font when \[u006E] is being invoked is a non-Unicode font.
--d
On Sunday, January 17, 2021, 05:46:30 PM EST, Oliver Corff
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Dorai,
is there any constraint that forces you to use \N, or can you use other
expressions as well? In that case, \[uxxxx] might be the desired answer
for you, where xxxx is a hex representation of a Unicode code point.
Oliver.
On 17/01/2021 19:34, Dorai Sitaram wrote:
> \N'num' takes a number num and typesets the glyph corresponding to the code
> point num in the prevailing font. Currently, num can only be in decimal
> format. Is there a downside to allowing hex numbers, with the usual
> distinguishing prefix 0x?
>
> --d
>
