Re: [docbook-apps] WARNING: Glyph "?" (0xfffd) not available in font "Frutiger-LightItalic".

From
Bob Stayton <>
Date
2012-03-14T05:41:58+00:00
ID
010901cd01a5$293abf80$6600a8c0@pazu
Thread
Re: [docbook-apps] WARNING: Glyph "?" (0xfffd) not available in font "Frutiger-LightItalic".
Hi Jeff,

This is a bit of a mystery.  The Unicode 
character xFFFD is the Replacement Character, which the Unicode standard says is 
"used to replace an incoming character whose value is unknown or unrepresentable 
in Unicode".  You won't find that character in the DocBook stylesheets, nor 
will you find it any font.

 

I see that character in the edit window of the 
UniPad editor sometimes, but I don't think that character is actually in the 
file. It usually represents a mismatch between the encoding and the bytes in the 
file.

 

The footer content with a separator character 
that you describe is not the stock footer, because it does not display any 
heading.  I presume that footer is coming from your customization 
layer. What does that look like?  Have you taken a peek inside the FO 
output to see what character is in the file?

 

When you upgraded from DocBook 4.5 to 5.0, did you 
also start using the namespaced version of the stylesheets?  I'm trying to 
figure out what exactly changed here.

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises


 

 

  
----- Original Message ----- 

  
From: 
  Jeff 
  Powanda 

  
To:  
  

  
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:01 
  PM

  
Subject: [docbook-apps] WARNING: Glyph 
  "?" (0xfffd) not available in font "Frutiger-LightItalic".

  

  
 

  
When I upgraded from DocBook 4.5 to 5.0, I noticed that I 
  get this font warning when I build using FOP. I haven't changed the version of 
  FOP or the fonts on my system.

  
 

  
The glyph in question is used as a separator character 
  between the page number and heading in the footer. However, I can't find 
  anywhere in the DocBook stylesheets where this separator character is defined. 
  Can anyone help me find it so that I adjust the font for that charactter 
  accordingly?

  
 

  
Regards,

  
Jeff