--- Karl Ove Hufthammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > MSWord, MSWordPad, and MSIE seem to map in > > characters from another font when single > characters > > are missing from the requested font. > > From which version? At least older versions didn't > do that. And I > really don't think it's a very good idea. For Web > browsers yes, > but for WPs no.
I'm not sure. It seems to depend on a lot of things but I've used hundreds of MS boxen in cybercafes in the last few years and I see it very often. Next time I'll try to take note. I have the feeling it's an option somewhere but I'm not sure. It's easiest to see with Eastern European languages and Vietnamese which use Roman characters but often have fewer fonts to choose from. I've seen it on web pages and even in controls/widgets. Mozilla does it too. I'll try to check more with MSWord. WordPad always does it AFAIK. Whether it's a good thing or not depends on the user and the situation. If you just want so see what something is supposed to look like it's good. If you want to create a high-quality document then of course you have to have the right fonts installed, use only those, and make sure the recipient of your document has them too. It should be an option. This is even related to these bugs: http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291 http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2421 Andrew Dunbar. > -- > Karl Ove Hufthammer ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
