why does the Kate editor NOT display these characters?

[Christoph Cullmann (cullmann.io)]

On 2022-12-10 19:33, marc forward wrote:
> i have switched to Kate from Notepad++ for several reasons, but found
> something about Kate that really irks me,
> it can't display these characters:
> 
>     ᐞ፡ᗑᗐᐱᐯᐃᐁ።ᐤᐝ፨ᔓᕒᕑ᠅ᖰᖱ
> ᖲᖳᨖᱰᗏᗌᗉᗆᗧᗤᐗᐓᐘ
> ᐒᕮᕭᕳᕲ᯽᙮ᕁᘁᑊᐪᐡᐨᐩᑋᓑᔿ᙭⫾⫿ᐂᐄᙁᙀᙉ
> ᙈᐲᐄ ꠩꠫
> 
> that show up just fine in Notepad++
> 
> They are all utterly invisible in Kate.
> 
> why?
> i mean seriously, WHY?!????
> 
> i can see these in my email, they show up in any text message on my
> phone, they show up in my web browser, i can even use these characters
> in a google search on any device, and yet they are utterly invisible
> in Kate.
> 
> any response would be much appreciated.
> thanks,
>   ~marc forward

Hi,

for me this Unicode characters show up in Kate as intended,
could it be the font configured inside Kate is lacking them?

Greetings
Christoph

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