Re: MATE desktop application "character map"

[gfp]

Hi Roman,

> I do not think that it refers to the style of writing named "Sans".
> > Instead, it must be referring to the font,

Yes of course, I meant "font"
I expressed myself incorrectly, sorry.

> It seems that "Sans" is a
> > default font in MATE.

I don´t know. I also don´t know how to find that out.
I thought, SANS is the default of the gnome package, I installed; or the 
default of UNICODE.

> When the character is copied to another program, it should be possible
> > to format it into any font and any style, such as serif and sans
> > serif typefaces. From the perspective of Unicode, the character
> > does not change in the process, even if it looks differently.

Thank you for mentioning that, that´s an interesting point.
So it will be possible to change in the certain package.
I haven´t tried yet, but I believe it will be so.


thanks

Gottfried


Am 12.01.25 um 16:31 schrieb Roman Riabenko:
> Hello, Gottfried.
>
> On Mon,  6 Jan 2025 08:37:45 +0000
> gfp <gfp@posteo.at> wrote:
> > But many signs are not displayed, because it says:
> > this sign is not included into "SANS"
> > So there are no options to choose different styles of writing.
>
> I do not think that it refers to the style of writing named "Sans".
> Instead, it must be referring to the font, which appears to be under
> the same name "Sans" for some reason. It seems that "Sans" is a
> default font in MATE. Instead, in my installation, the application
> indicates that the characters are absent in Cantarel, which is the name
> of another font which is currently default in GNOME.
>
> So, the missing characters are not for a different styles of writing.
> Instead, those are entirely different characters, which are absent in
> the installed fonts. In my installation, the Greek alphabet shows up,
> but there are more exotic Greek characters, which are not included in
> Cantarel font or in any other font I tried.
>
> When the character is copied to another program, it should be possible
> to format it into any font and any style, such as serif and sans
> serif typefaces. From the perspective of Unicode, the character
> does not change in the process, even if it looks differently.
>
> Roman

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