What are UNICODE fonts and should I use them?
As part of the typesetting process a setter will almost certainly replace the fonts you use to prepare your typescript, either because the fonts you have used are not suitable for printing or because they do not match the book design requested by Palgrave Macmillan. If you are using only characters contained in the list below, you need not worry; the conversion will be robust. But if you are using any character not contained in this list you can prevent conversion difficulties by using a UNICODE-compliant font. ! ” # $ % & ‘ ( ) * + , – . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ . Each character in any font is identified by a numeric value. In a standard text font, for example, the lowercase letter ‘a’ has the value 97. If you type an ‘a’ in Arial and then select the character and change the font to Palatino, you still have an ‘a’. However, if you select the character and ch
