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| author | Dan Allen <dan.j.allen@gmail.com> | 2023-05-11 16:11:34 -0600 |
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| committer | Dan Allen <dan.j.allen@gmail.com> | 2023-05-11 16:12:07 -0600 |
| commit | e685a8d727908912a96711c6401fdd8cc9cbe928 (patch) | |
| tree | 2ba99b032ff7abd6f3d99f7843f6dcb47f6d7fb6 | |
| parent | 403bbee959da6a650fc4bd0f8d362971c90d1b83 (diff) | |
clarify that the fallback font is not consulted when a glyph is missing from an AFM font
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/modules/theme/pages/fallback-font.adoc | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/modules/theme/pages/fallback-font.adoc b/docs/modules/theme/pages/fallback-font.adoc index 8d1c3e01..edbc41a4 100644 --- a/docs/modules/theme/pages/fallback-font.adoc +++ b/docs/modules/theme/pages/fallback-font.adoc @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ = Fallback Fonts -If a TrueType font is missing a character needed to render the document, such as a special symbol or emoji, you can have Asciidoctor PDF look for the character in a fallback font. +If a TrueType font (not an AFM font) is missing a character needed to render the document, such as a special symbol or emoji, you can have Asciidoctor PDF look for the character in a fallback font. You only need to specify a single fallback font, typically one that provides a full set of symbols. If the character isn't found in the fallback font, it will mostly likely be replaced by a box (i.e., the notdef glyph), which is guaranteed if you're using the bundled fallback font. |