[WSG] Re: Multiple language usability query

2006-02-07 Thread Andrew Cunningham
Philippe Wittenbergh writes: On Feb 7, 2006, at 5:08 pm, Andrew Cunningham wrote: Firefox Win takes the fonts as specified in the browser preferences (Content>Font &colors> advanced). It is actually somewhat more complicated than this. firstly the unicode range will indicate what font pre

Re: [WSG] Re: Multiple language usability query

2006-02-07 Thread Sarah Peeke (XERT)
> (hence, out of curiosity, if someone would be kind enough to send me a > screenshot of the file I posted earlier, that would be appreciated). I don't have a screen shot, because I have just installed the language pack, however I can confirm that my Win PC showed "??" where the text should ha

Re: [WSG] Re: Multiple language usability query

2006-02-07 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Feb 7, 2006, at 5:08 pm, Andrew Cunningham wrote: Also worth noting, with CJK text, in the absence of css specifying a font, the browser will chose the font based on langauge of the text. If the language of the text is not indicated then IE will try ot use a Japanese font to display CJK, O

[WSG] Re: Multiple language usability query

2006-02-07 Thread Andrew Cunningham
Sarah Peeke (XERT) writes: Hi Philippe, Japanese (and other East-Asian) language support is installed by default on OS X. Not so on Windows side of things (it comes with the install discs as an extra package). I've been told that Firefox/Win tries to display the text nevertheless. If n

[WSG] Re: Multiple language usability query

2006-02-06 Thread Andrew Cunningham
Lachlan Hunt writes: Sarah Peeke (XERT) wrote: Firefox and Safari on the Mac seem to have a default which allows the Japanese to be read. However, I noticed that good ol' Windows IE6 doesn't automatically render other languages and that its preferences needed to be changed etc. actually IE on