error displaying a 2 byte character Ê

[SamLT]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 03:07:16AM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 08:57:48AM +0100, SamLT <sam at sltosis.org> wrote:
> > When I view or type this character 'Ê' (\uc38a) in a terminal(urxvt
> > mainly but also in xterm for the record), I see the character 'Ë'
> > (\uc38b).
> 
> assuming you mean U+00CA and U+00CB for your two characters, I see Ê (E+^)
> and Ë (E+") for these two, and that seems to be correct.
> 
> check which font you are using (ctrl-shift-click on a character to see
> whether it consists of multiple fonts, and what the base font for the
> character is), and then check whether your font actually has the correct
> glyphs.

ok the font was "monospace-8:minspace=True", and I have no idea how to
check if the font has the correct glyphs or not. The www wasn't helpfull
enough, but I might not be using the right keywords to do my search...


Anyway, I've also tried with 'DejaVu Sans Mono' and with 'Bitstream Vera
Sans Mono' (change the URxvt*font X resource, start a new terminal) and
Ê still appear as Ë here.

Could you tell me which font you're using, so I can try it?


> 
> if you (or urxvt ;) use terminus, then most likely the glyphs are simply
> swapped, a common problem with that font family.
> 
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