NEW 20847
Use the LastResort font for missing glyphs instead of showing the primary font's missing glyph 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20847
Summary Use the LastResort font for missing glyphs instead of showing the primary fon...
mitz
Reported 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.
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mitz
Comment 1 2008-09-14 19:32:47 PDT
On Tiger, it looks like -[NSFont fontWithName:@"LastResort"...] might work.
mitz
Comment 2 2009-05-19 13:13:50 PDT
<rdar://problem/6902705>
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 3 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?
mitz
Comment 4 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.
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 5 2010-01-09 10:30:06 PST
Can this be made to work on newer systems, if not on Tiger?
mitz
Comment 6 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.
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