font-last-resort-high-efficiency
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Type: Cask  |  Latest Version: 17.000@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Fonts
Tags: font unicode fallback typography system
Install: brew install --cask font-last-resort-high-efficiency
About:
Last Resort High-Efficiency is a font designed to display any Unicode character for which no other font has a glyph. It provides a visual fallback, showing a box with the Unicode code point, ensuring that missing characters are visibly represented rather than rendering as an empty box or question mark.
Key Features:
  • Displays a box with the hexadecimal code point for any unsupported character
  • Covers the entire Unicode code space, from U+0000 to U+10FFFF
  • Acts as a definitive last resort font for system-wide fallback
  • Maintains consistent visual style for missing glyphs
Use Cases:
  • Debugging and visualizing text with unknown or unsupported characters
  • System-level font configuration to prevent invisible missing glyphs
  • Web development for ensuring all Unicode content is represented
Alternatives:
  • Noto Sans – Aims to be a universal font covering all Unicode characters, whereas Last Resort is specifically for characters not covered by any other font.
  • Symbola – Provides extensive Unicode symbol coverage but is a standard font, not a dedicated fallback for missing characters.
Version History
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Sep 9, 2025 1:18pm 17.000 0 VERSION_BUMP 159ca7e6