XPost: aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:10:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
      
   > What I meant is that most fonts don't have codepoints for every   
   > possible Unicode character, so it would either have to use a   
   > fallback font (might mess up rendering or line height) or just   
   > render it invisibly/as a box.   
      
   Ah, the old “empty box of Unicode disappointment”, aka “tofu”.   
      
   Fallback fonts are pretty common these days. Google designed its   
   entire “Noto” (“No Tofu”) font family precisely so everybody could   
   always have a fallback font available. And if everybody uses the same   
   fallback font, then you get the same metrics. Simple.   
      
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