From 2c0270407b46b67fdeac67fdf4eccf7aa26ed42e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Quinot Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:52:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Unicode support: x11-fonts/symbola --- ...015-10-01-unicode-symbols-support.markdown | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_posts/2015-10-01-unicode-symbols-support.markdown diff --git a/source/_posts/2015-10-01-unicode-symbols-support.markdown b/source/_posts/2015-10-01-unicode-symbols-support.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce3c19d --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_posts/2015-10-01-unicode-symbols-support.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "FreeBSD Unicode symbols support" +date: 2015-10-01 22:38:03 +0200 +comments: true +categories: +--- + +The font packages available on a desktop environment with a default +FreeBSD installation do not support the +[Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous_Symbols_and_Pictographs) +Unicode range (U+1F300..U+1F5FF), which contains various dingbats +and emoji. + +A nice vector font providing these symbols is however available +from ports: `x11-fonts/symbola`. + +(Note: `x11-fonts/gnu-unifont` and `x11-fonts/gnu-unifont-ttf` are not +nearly as exhaustive.)