On 09/10/2011 05:25 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>
>> Now here's something interesting... if I compose an html email
>> (Compose|Compose in HTML) on linux (I'm using 2.3.3 for the testing),
>> I can select Wingdings as a font to use. On Windows (again SM 2.3.3)
>> the dropdown doesn't show Wingdings at all, even though it is
>> installed and used by other applications (aka LibreOffice, OpenOffice
>> etc.). So it's definately an SM issue with the Windows version. Can
>> someone test on a MAC?
>>
>> Also note that the windings font I am using in linux is the exact
>> same wingdings.ttf file used in WinXP, in fact that's were I got it
>> from (WinXP). I simply copied the file from WinXP and dropped it into
>> my ~/.fonts folder for use on linux.
>
> Yeah, my SM does the same thing -- it doesn't offer Wingdings, Windings
> 2, or Wingdings 3 even though other applications such as MS Word can see
> them. It also doesn't offer Animals 1 (where each glyph is an image of
> an animal); nor Business & Government (where each glyph is a business-
> or government-related icon); nor DF Calligraphic Ornaments LET, DF
> Diversions LET, DF Diversities LET; nor Marlett; nor MS Reference
> Specialty; nor MT Extra; nor Symbol; nor Webdings; nor any of the WP
> fonts left over from the WordImperfect days of yore, except that it does
> offer WP Typographic Symbols.
>
> Not sure yet whether SM is unwilling ("this is a bad idea so I'll
> pretend I didn't hear that") or unable ("I can't see them for some
> technical reason") to use these fonts.
>
I reckon that Windows users are out of luck given:
<http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0#sclient=psy&hl=en&complete=0&site=webhp&source=hp&q=mozilla+%2Bwingdings+font&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=3e82efc6cc141df0&biw=1280&bih=741>
And the ongoing bug reports ('resolved/wontfix et al):
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424610
[Wingdings-font characters display incorrectly; fontEncoding.properties
hack is gone]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429017
[symbol font quirk (for <font face=symbol>) not present on Windows even
when it is supposed to be]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450723
[Emoticons from Outlook (using wingdings font) do not display properly
in Thunderbird]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90643
[Does not render symbol font as commanded by CSS]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31538
[Mozilla can't display the Webdings font even it is installed on the
client (wingdings font, symbol font)]
<https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_Web_Developer_FAQ#Why_aren.e2.80.99t_symbol.2fdingbat_fonts_working.3f>
etc. etc.
Maybe switch to linux? :-) Odd since it's usually the linux user that
misses 'features' in web browsers.
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