How to add japanese zip code symbol 〒 in xelatex?

Question

I would like to write the japanese zip code symbol 〒 (unicode U+3012) in xelatex. However, when I put it in my source, it simply gets omitted in the final document, without raising any error. I guess I need to add a font containing that symbol, but do not know how to and which font to add. Any help is appreciated.

EDIT: As David Carlisle correctly pointed out, there is a message about a missing character, hidden deep inside the output.log. But nothing which would make xelatex crash like a missing package.

see https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/575584/2388 for a way to identify fonts with a symbol. — Ulrike Fischer, Oct 06 '21 at 08:08
@DavidCarlisle Indeed, there is. On line 231 of 248 in my output.log. Sorry I missed that. — laolux, Oct 06 '21 at 08:58
from next year you will be able to set \tracinglostchars to 3 to make it an error not a warning, everybody misses the current quite warning — David Carlisle, Oct 06 '21 at 09:05

egreg · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-06T09:07:12.303

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Find a font on your system that has the glyph.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{newunicodechar}
% use a font that has U+3012; ipag.ttf is in TeX Live
\newfontface{\postalmarkfont}{ipag.ttf}
\newunicodechar{〒}{{\normalfont\postalmarkfont 〒}}
\begin{document}
This is the postal mark 〒
\end{document}

Here's a “more generic” way, where you state the path where the font is located at. Use the actual path for your system.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{newunicodechar}
% use a font that has U+3012; ipag.ttf is in TeX Live
\newfontface{\postalmarkfont}{ipag}[
  Extension=.ttf,
  Path=/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/ipaex/,
  Scale=MatchUppercase,
]
\newunicodechar{〒}{{\normalfont\postalmarkfont 〒}}
\begin{document}
This is the postal mark 〒
\end{document}

I also added the Scale option.

edited Oct 06 '21 at 09:07

answered Oct 06 '21 at 08:24

egreg

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Thanks, that's quick! Now I just need to find out how to make xelatex find the font which is installed on my system in /usr/share/fonts/ipa-gothic/ipag.ttf – laolux Oct 06 '21 at 08:54
@laolux Doesn't the code I provided find it? – egreg Oct 06 '21 at 08:56
No, I tried your code and get ! Package fontspec Error: The font "ipag" cannot be found. – laolux Oct 06 '21 at 08:59
Try with \newfontface{\postalmarkfont}{ipag}[Extension=.ttf,Path=/usr/share/fonts/ipa-gothic/] – egreg Oct 06 '21 at 09:02
Great, the new version works when I change the path to suit my system. – laolux Oct 06 '21 at 09:21

How to add japanese zip code symbol 〒 in xelatex?

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