Re: how to add special glyphs

[Rob Sargent <rsargent@xmission.com>]

On 3/7/23 08:54, Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 06/03/2023 22:42, Rob Sargent wrote:
>> I have added a "boxed x" and "CHECK MARK" to my document, but they do 
>> not get exported to pdf output.
>
> LuaLaTeX may be instructed to use fallback fonts, see e.g.
>
> https://list.orgmode.org/87bktus666.fsf_-_@posteo.net/
> Juan Manuel Macías. Fallback fonts in LuaTeX via 
> 'luaotfload.add_fallback' (was "Fontsets"). Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:26:57 
> +0000
>
> https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/scuirf$m7o$1@ciao.gmane.io/
> Maxim Nikulin. Re: org-mode export to (latex) PDF. Sat, 17 Jul 2021
> 19:35:57 +0700
>
> To my taste it is too low level.
That I placed the unicode into the text was "too low level"?  I could 
argue that "it's a UTF doc", or that "\ding{55}" is bizarrely high 
level.  Other's have shown methods which maximize the cross export 
experience.  I'll consider those.  I'm not sure LuaLaTex is an option 
for me.

rjs