Bug 20847

Summary:	Use the LastResort font for missing glyphs instead of showing the primary font's missing glyph
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	mitz
Component:	Text	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	Normal	CC:	ap
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware:	Mac
OS:	OS X 10.5
Bug Depends on:	20846
Bug Blocks:

Description mitz 2008-09-14 19:28:02 PDT

This was attempted in <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/36382> but was reverted due to bug 20846 and to Tiger NSFontManager completely hiding LastResort.

Comment 1 mitz 2008-09-14 19:32:47 PDT

On Tiger, it looks like -[NSFont fontWithName:@"LastResort"...] might work.

Comment 2 mitz 2009-05-19 13:13:50 PDT

<rdar://problem/6902705>

Comment 3 Alexey Proskuryakov 2009-05-19 14:06:05 PDT

Looking at <http://wikipedia.org/>, I think I see LastResort used a lot for rare languages - what am I missing?

Comment 4 mitz 2009-05-19 14:07:52 PDT

(In reply to comment #3)
> Looking at <http://wikipedia.org/>, I think I see LastResort used a lot for
> rare languages - what am I missing?

The ATSUI code path used for complex text on Tiger and Leopard uses LastResort. The fast text code path and the Core Text code do not.

Comment 5 Alexey Proskuryakov 2010-01-09 10:30:06 PST

Can this be made to work on newer systems, if not on Tiger?

Comment 6 mitz 2010-01-09 10:36:29 PST

(In reply to comment #5)
> Can this be made to work on newer systems, if not on Tiger?

Per comment #1, Tiger is probably not the issue. Bug 20846 is.