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I have (i thought successfully) installed a font (Gill Sans) in LaTeX. .afm, .tfm, .pfb, .fd, .vf and style files are all in place and map file has been updated. As far as I'm aware I have used the correct setup.

However, after using the font in Latex and making some pdfs I noticed that there were several characters missing, instead replaced with the 'square outline' character.

On running test font to generate a table of all of the available characters, this is what I found:

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In the top and middle portion of this table (rows 00x - 03x and 20x - 23x) it looks like the font is missing a whole bunch of characters. Notably, the 'fi' ligature is missing, as is the bullet point character.

Any suggestions why this has happened and how it can be resolved? Thanks

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Do you know that the font files you purchased include the missing glyphs? – Joseph Wright♦ Aug 16 '12 at 15:10
Previewing the .ttf font files in Font Book just displays the abc ABC 0-9 characters - I'm not sure how to view the full set (clearly this is not it, since there is no punctuation here) – user1488804 Aug 16 '12 at 15:15
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It doesn't make sense if you ask the same question again and again. Without the actual files nobody can tell you if the glyphs are simply not present in the font or if (and what) you did something wrong - especially if you don't give details about what you have done to setup and test the font. – Ulrike Fischer Aug 16 '12 at 15:15
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@user1488804 Font Book can show you all of the glyphs, but not by default. Try 'Preview -> Repertoire', and look carefully :-) – Joseph Wright♦ Aug 16 '12 at 15:19
Thanks for your help @Joseph Wright. It does indeed appear that the 'fi' ligature is missing. hmmm. Would you suggest trying to install the expert font and hope that I'll find it there? – user1488804 Aug 16 '12 at 15:22
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closed as too localized by lockstep, Claudio Fiandrino, Torbjørn T., Joseph Wright♦ Sep 22 '12 at 19:23

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