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Copy + Paste Chinese From Website
I am re-branding a website that has both English & Chinese Traditional text. When I am copying + pasting the Chinese text into notepad++, the characters gets displayed as question marks. I tried ...
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How can I make the icon font color on a windows 7 prof desktop work?
I have C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Scenes\img25.jpg as wallpaper (I think it's a standard windows wallpaper.) The desktop icon font color is white. It cannot be read without heavy eye pain. I want it to ...
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How do I create a PDF that does NOT embed the used fonts?
Using MS Word 2010, or a free program, how do I create a pdf that does not include the used font(s)? I need this to test a feature in GhostScript.
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Using GhostScript, pdf to tif, -sSUBSTFONT flag
in a test of the GhostScript 9.05 64bit DLL, I'm trying to trigger the use of -sSUBSTFONT=path. To that end, I created a PDF in Word, used the Calibri font, then moved the Calibri font to a place it ...
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How to set the default font size in windows 7 without scaling the rest?
I mean, for me the wrong answer would be "Make text and other screen items larger or smaller".
I do not want the non-font elements to scale!
Motivation I have a netbook, the screen is small and ...
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Microsoft Word - How to use equation font elsewhere?
In Microsoft Word 2007 if I insert an equation the font style is Cambria Math (Italics). I like the look of this font for equations. However, I would prefer to use equation field codes rather than the ...
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Firefox is showing the wrong arrow characters
I see up arrows in Math texts where the arrow should go from left to right, and down arrows for arrows that should go from right to left. If I cut and paste to another text editor, I get the proper ...
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How can I set the default font/stationery per email account in Outlook?
I have two different email accounts for two different companies. For branding purposes, Company A uses a grey Arial font for email messages, and Company B uses black Calibri. How can I automatically ...
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Is it possible to rename fonts in Windows 7?
I've accidently installed the wrong font as 'Helvetica'. I found a font called Helvetica online when I was looking at desktop customization, etc and I went and installed it. However, it's not actually ...
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Font sizes changing in VMware Linux guest OS in dual-monitor setup
Good day.
I have a Slackware Linux VM that I run on my laptop. I have it setup to use both my laptop screen and an external monitor in full-screen mode so my guest OS can use both screens ...
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Microsoft Word-safe fonts
If I type up my resume in, let's say, a Windows-specific font like Segoe UI and I send it to someone who opens in on a Mac, what font are they going to see?
Maybe Segoe isn't a good example, but if I ...
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How do I fix the tiny font in my Windows 7 system dialog boxes?
Something happened today which caused all system dialog boxes to change the font they use to something that is almost unreadable. The link below is a snip from the System Properties dialog which ...
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Any XFree86 font close to the old redhat Luxi mono?
I'm on a Debian 6.0 system but miss the old fonts on those old red hat systems, the luxi mono, if I remember correctly. Are there any close variants in the free font family? Thanks.
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GTK Fonts are too big
My GTK fonts are very big. When I want them to look good I have to set the size to 7. But I think this is very low and not the solution. I think it should be around 12. 7 sounds like a workaround to ...
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Can font substitutions in MS Word be controlled?
Suppose that I am typing text in MS Word (any version) and I enter a character that does not exist in the font being used. Say, I’m using Times New Roman and I type 2300 Alt X, which turns to the ...
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Antialising / Fonts in Java/Netbeans
In the Netbeans editor, fonts look really ugly:
There are several suggestions in the ArchLinux Wiki but they didn´t work for me.
What do I have to do to get a normal Netbeans experience with ...
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How to find out current font used in my Emacs?
How to find out current font used in my Emacs? I'm using GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.29) of 2010-05-08 on black.local
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emacs won't start due to “No fonts match `Inconsolata-12'”
Several weeks ago, I tried to customize my default font face Emacs 21.4.1 running on CentOS 5.5, and now emacs won't start.
emacs will start with the -fn flag. However, I can't find where ...
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How to change font of “Kindle for Pc” application?
I want to change font of "Kindle fo Pc" application running on Windows-7. Is it possible? If so, how?
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How can I force Windows (2008 in my case) to reload the fonts folder?
After installing a new font in Windows, the font is only available outside your session after a restart. Is there some way to force Windows to recheck the fonts folder without a restart? My ...
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Can I use different non-monospaced fonts and still get the exact same output? [closed]
So if I use this command:
printf "this is a\ttest\n"
The output looks like this when using 2 different fonts (to copy it to a .doc file..):
So are there any ways to produce the same output ...
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Fonts on Certain Web Pages jagged and blocky on XP yet fine in Windows7
This site for example: http://www.cultbox.co.uk/reviews/episodes/778-twenty-twelve-episode-3-review
Which has this CSS - http://www.cultbox.co.uk/style.css
body {
text-align: center;
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Chrome font smoothness
Is there anyway to make font look smooth on Chrome, Windows 7?
Large fonts and sometimes even italic look very rough and jagged.
EDIT: ClearType is on.
Thank you.
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Outlook Displays Font Incorrectly
Outlook user's email displays a logo in email when a custom font is used. Type the letter "H" and the logo appears instead. Any thoughts?
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How to use different fonts inside Word Equation Editor, especially for tensor notations
Am I correct in assuming that it is impossible to change font inside MS Word Equation Editor? It seems that normal font changing tools have no effect there. (I’m using Word 2007.) In the Equation ...
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Chrome bolding fonts
Brand new XP install, fonts are showing up bolded and crappy looking on every website in Chrome. Example (IE/Chrome):
Any idea what's going on?
Edit: Should mention I have no extensions installed ...
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Change default monospace font for Windows 7?
Is there a way to change the default monospace font for Windows 7, like it is in Ubuntu? It's true that I can configure for every application I use, but I don't want to do that.
I want that every ...
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custom fonts in .doc & .pdf documents
I am using my own custom font for my .doc and .pdf documents. Now I want to make these files public (upload on my FTP-server). Is there a way for the other user to see the documents rendered with ...
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Why is the text (font) showing or displaying all in italics?
I just restarted Chrome, and now all kinds of elements on all websites are emphasized:
What is going on? This even applies to system menus, not just web sites.
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How to use Cambria as basic font when math symbols are needed?
I first thought one could use Cambria for copy text (in Word), switching to Cambria Math only when needed (when a character is needed that is not present in Cambria). This does not seem to work that ...
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Cannot install Windows 8 Transformation Pack on Windows 7
I am trying to install Windows 8 Transformation Pack v4.0 on my Sony Vaio laptop with the following options:
When I run (as administrator) the setup file, it starts to install but gives the ...
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Replace missing font with font of my choice in Photoshop CS5
I'm using Photoshop CS5. How can I replace all instances of a missing font with a font of my choice?
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Get Supported Unicode Ranges from Font *.ttf file on Ubuntu
I have some fonts in 'ttf' format on my Ubuntu machine.
I want to know some metadata of those fonts, about which unicode ranges and which non-unicode codepages those font files are supporte.
How I ...
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Font oddity - is this a bug?
I have Windows 7 Ultimate Home Edition, installed some new fonts recently (I do graphic design etc.) and have noticed some of them don't display in Windows/Fonts via the control panel, Appearance and ...
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Certain fonts are showing errors in Illustrator
This is an odd one. When scrolling through fonts to find the one I want in Illustrator, specific fonts mess up the font order for me and jumps toward the end landing at the beginning of a different ...
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Location of core fonts on OSX?
I'm trying to access the file of a pre-installed font on OSX. Where is the location of core, pre-installed fonts on OSX? The Library folder only contains fonts you've installed.
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How do I increase the font in Mozilla Firefox without a mouse?
I just downloaded Firefox but my mouse is dead. And it seems you can only increase the font of a web page by first dragging the "zoom" button to the toolbar and then using it. Is there any way to ...
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Is there way to change font size in putty using the wheel in mouse or contrl +/- key?
I love using Putty as a ssh terminal in Window. But what I don't like about it is that it doesn't allow me to change font using shortcut or a mouse. Is there a way(or plugin) to change the font size ...
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Restoring the Fonts folder by using a restore point
I am an idiot. Who would have thought that installing 2 gigs of fonts would be detrimental to the boot up time for the most common design programs such as adobe illustrator. I would like to restore ...
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chrome 18 ignores my osx font rendering settings
I'm my mac I set all fonts below say 16px to have font smoothing disabled. chrome obeyed that as well.
yesterday it updated itself to version 18 and now it is the only software that ignores that ...
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How to change TAB font size in ANY BROWSER
I just can't work near pc anymore my eyes hurt - I am developer. I use browser a lot.
I tried all of them: IE, Safari, FF, Chrome - they all are bad at the most simplest thing - large font size for ...
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Is there a monospaced font that have bold stand out when cleartype is turned on?
I've been facing an annoying problem for quite some years. Since Microsoft introduced the so called Cleartype tech around Vista, IE8 era. The bold display of Courier New font has been terrible. That ...
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Font conversion between Apple and Windows and vice versa
What are the font types are used on Apple system and how to convert font types from Mac to Windows and Windows to Mac?
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Removing glyphs/characters from a Font in Java
Here's what I want to do in Java:
java.awt.Font f = new java.awt.Font("NameOfHugeFont", java.awt.Font.PLAIN, 20);
String iOnlyNeedTheseCharacters = "Example Text";
java.awt.Font fSmall = ...
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Why the Korean text was shown correctly with Tahoma font but failed with Arial in Windows Notepad?
I have a text file whose text-code is UTF-8 in Korean, and I would like to show it with Notepad in my Windows XP machine. I found it was shown correctly with Tahoma font, but failed with Arial font.
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How to make IE 9 stop reading all the fonts every time?
Process Monitor showed me that IE 9 accesses every time it loads on my system, which makes it have a 1- to 2-second delay every time it loads. (I tested this by removing my fonts -- it loaded much ...
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On a mac can I use CUPS to set a minimum font size?
I am setting up a mac for an aunt who needs large fonts to read, I have set up Safari correctly but there is a problem.
When I print the text comes out at the original font size, not the enlarged ...
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Good bitmap fonts with big sizes and unicode support
I really like bitmap fonts for programming/terminal. As far as I know there are two bitmap fonts with good unicode support:
Unifont
Fixed
The problem is that I have a really high resolution ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 web browsers do not render some fonts
I tried opening page which uses this font http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Poiret+One however my web-browser whether it's chrome or firefox doesn't render it and just shows simple font (I thinks ...
