Last Resort

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Last Resort Font\n\n*Last Resort* is a special-purpose font that includes a collection of glyphs to represent types of Unicode characters. These glyphs are specifically designed to allow users to recognize that a code point is one of the following:\n\n* In which particular block a Unicode character is encoded\n* In the PUA (*Private Use Area*) for which no agreement exists\n* Unassigned (reserved for future assignment)\n* A noncharacter\n\n## Downloading the fonts\n\nThe latest pre-built binaries of the *Last Resort* fonts, which correspond to [Unicode Version 17.0.0](https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/), can be easily downloaded from the [Latest Release](https://github.com/unicode-org/last-resort-font/releases/latest/). These fonts may be updated for future versions of the Unicode Standard as time and resources permit.\n\n## Last Resort \u0026amp; Last Resort High-Efficiency\n\nThis repository includes two versions of the *Last Resort* font: *Last Resort* and *Last Resort High-Efficiency*. Although both fonts can be installed at the same time\u2014because they have different names\u2014you are encouraged to download and install only the one that is expected to work in the environments that you use:\n\n* The file *LastResort-Regular.ttf* is a font named *Last Resort*, and its \u0027cmap\u0027 table includes a [Format 12](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/cmap#format-12-segmented-coverage) (*Segmented coverage*) subtable that is supported in virtually all modern environments. This font is 9MB and includes 5,691 glyphs. Download and install this font if you are unsure which one to use.\n\n* The file *LastResortHE-Regular.ttf* is a font named *Last Resort High-Efficiency*, and its \u0027cmap\u0027 table includes the more efficient\u2014for this type of font\u2014[Format 13](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/cmap#format-13-many-to-one-range-mappings) (*Many-to-one range mappings*) subtable that may not be supported in some environments, such as most Windows and Adobe apps",
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