[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 7053] New: Unicode character rightwards arrow doens't show up in serif with Safari. Other browsers have workaround

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http://bugzilla.opendarwin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7053

           Summary: Unicode character rightwards arrow doens't show up in
                    serif with Safari. Other browsers have workaround
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 417.x
          Platform: Macintosh
               URL: http://blog.empyree.org/?1506-font-substitution-flawed-
                    in-safari
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: CSS
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at opendarwin.org
        ReportedBy: david at goddess-gate.com


Sometimes (especially with Unicode characters) it may happen that the requested
character doesn’t have any glyph in the requested font. How the brower deals
with it varies from browser to browser.

- Firefox seems to synthetise
- Opera seems to substitute
- Safari seems… to do nothing

I consider Safari’s behaviour as a misfeature. Please notice the first arrow
had been forced (with font-family:serif) into a serif; this is why, even on
Safari, it is displayed as it should be.

I attach test case


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