> To install the registry keys necessary for IE to display surrogate pairs > simply > copy the code below to a file named "something.reg" and double-click on it. > Replace "Code2001" with the name of your preferred Supra-BMP font if > necessary. > > <code> > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows > NT\CurrentVersion\LanguagePack] > "SURROGATE"=dword:00000002 > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet > Explorer\International\Scripts\42] > "IEFixedFontName"="Code2001" > "IEPropFontName"="Code2001" > </code>
On this note, does anyone know why this isn't enabled by default? Presumably there is some risk and/or performance issue if this is enabled. Microsoft recommend (or at least used to) that you only do this registry change if you have a strong use-case for it. Anyone know the details?
