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Christian Brabandt  
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 More options May 17 2012, 10:03 am
From: Christian Brabandt <cbli...@256bit.org>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:03:06 +0200
Local: Thurs, May 17 2012 10:03 am
Subject: Re: How to tell if a font supports character
Hi richard!

On Do, 17 Mai 2012, richard emberson wrote:

> I am working on a plugin that draws.
> I certainly can draw with characters such as:
> '-', '|' and '+' which are supported by
> all fonts. But, I'd like to do better for
> those users that have fonts that support
> the unicode box drawing characters. But, again,
> how to tell if such a character will actually
> be rendered.

You can't. You can only give the user a configuration option.

regards,
Christian
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