The title above is rendered incorrectly in Ubuntu 12.04 as:
The unicode title identifications are correct for the codes but the symbols are switched. EOT ␄ is the same as control-D but unfortunately the wrong symbol is used. (likewise ENQ ␅ control-E)
References:
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How do I complete the Gnome Character Map with missing Unicode characters?
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Found an error in font in Ubuntu, where and how should I report it?
Escalation info not pursued. Is there a more immediate solution? -
How can I configure default fonts by unicode blocks or single codepoints?
An answer to this question would provide some remedial info.
Curios – interesting asides:
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How can I type ASCII characters like Alt + numpad in Windows?
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What feature is at play when Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U,E "types" an unprintable hex 000E?
Note: The glyph codeu+240E
␎ (which also is wrong!) is used when referring tou+000E
aka SO (Shift Out) or control-N, basically any control code is rendered as a symbol by adding 2400hex to the control code to get the equivalent Unicode glyph. -
Wikipedia control code chart showing associated glyphs
Compare the chart's ENQuiry ENQ, End Of Transmission EOT and Shift Out SO character symbols on a machine which renders them correctly (ie. NOT a stock Ubuntu 12.04 OS machine), withu+2404
,u+2405
&u+240E
incharacter map
(run it from the utility icon or use a terminal command:gucharmap
orgnome-character-map
).
Enquiry symbol
End of Transmission symbol
Also the u+240e glyph is wrong for Shift Out, SO, ^N, u+000e
Can these be easily fixed?
Best Answer
This has been fixed in more recent versions of Ubuntu, and was reported in this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fonts-freefont/+bug/1070669
I doubt it's severe enough to be considered for a "Stable Release Update", so you'll probably just have to live with it until you can upgrade: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates