Quantity of sorts composing of a complete character set of a single style of a particular typeface.
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Generate TTF font preview for multiple files
Having number of TTF fonts I would like to generate preview without installing them with custom text for each font say 1 font per line in any format ( pdf, jpg, etc ). So I would view them once. I am ...
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View number of glyphs in a given font for Linux
For a given ttf or otf font, how to get meta information? Information such as how many glyphs were used, what tool was used, what version of font we have, its label, etc?
For windows machine, I have ...
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Replace only a specified font in Chrome - revisited
I'm trying to get the answer over here to work, and later on to add some GUI to maintain some input and output lists: Replace only a specified font in Chrome
Since it doesn't really work here I first ...
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does exist an open source font supporting primarily unicode's symbols / dingbats?
does exist a font supporting primarily unicode's symbols, pictograms, dingbats blocks?
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2600.pdf
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F300.pdf
... and more
on ...
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How to get the Monaco font for Linux
I'm interested in getting the following font, which is called Monaco. This user says that it is Monaco, and so as confirmed by slhck.
But still I don't know where I can get this font (or something ...
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GTK+ 3 Menu configuration for Emacs
I don't like the GTK based emacs (Screenshot #1) and still prefer the tradition emacs (Screenshot #2), which I get from Ubuntu PPA.
The fundamental difference is that the tradition emacs looks ...
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how to change the font in text mode VIM (not gvim with GUI)
I'd like to change the default font in VIM to Adobe Source Code Pro on a CentOS server (without desktop GUI). I've installed the OTF fonts in the package. How can I have the new monospace font set ...
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Change Window Title Text On Windows 8?
I would like to change the color of the window title text on:
Windows 8 Professional x64
With all Aero features enabled
On the desktop (not in MUI mode)
Have tried various existing solutions for ...
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Fonts don't look as sharp after re installing windows 7
I have reinstalled windlows 7 on my Lenovo thinkpad T400 laptop.
When I go into sites like Math.SE
the math fonts look less sharp and are harder to read, comparing to what I had before.
I have ...
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The quickest way to change text font when browsing web?
I often want to set the text on my screen to some of my favourite fonts (e.g. Candara, Century Gothic, ...). To do that I use inspect element in the browser to change the css font of the element as ...
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Select font (face) for AucTeX section styles
Is there a way to select the font (face) and size for the AucTeX section styles?
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How do I use Private Use Area Characters for creating Glyphs in SVG Font Editor [duplicate]
I'm creating an icon font using Inkscape. To get started I found the following tutorial in another stackoverflow question: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/01/how-to-make-your-own-icon-webfont/.
...
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Invalid character rendering as box in Windows 7 [duplicate]
I've tried finding an answer for this online, but am not really sure what to search.
Sometimes (mostly using system tools) I will get random small boxes rendered directly to the right of the ...
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1answer
57 views
Problems displaying Chinese characters in some apps
I've recently installed Windows 8 on my laptop. I can display and copy/paste chinese characters fine in a web browser (e.g. textbox control) or in MS word, but in notepad or in the IE address bar they ...
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unable to read from file .Text format unknown [closed]
I'm unable to read data from this file .. .Its a .dat file & i tried opening using notepad. But after opening I'm unable to read from it.The words are not in English . I tried changing the font ...
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1answer
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Font characters change to gibberish sporadically in vim
I use vim on a Mac in iTerm2 (ie - not MacVIM) and within a tmux session. I have powerline installed, so that's something to keep in mind.
Sometimes, when I'm typing in a particular file, for some ...
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1answer
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How to enable font smoothing for specific fonts?
I prefer disabled font anti-aliasing on my desktop, but some websites use custom fonts that look absolutely horrible without anti-aliasing. I could disable custom fonts completely from Firefox font ...
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1answer
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View font characters for fonts not installed
This question assumes a Windows system.
For installed fonts, one can use Windows' Character Map to view the available characters of those fonts (with their Unicode codes). Even better is the "Symbol" ...
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Font alias for remote X server connection
I am connecting to remote server to launch an X application (qmon).
After I type ssh myserver -X and launch the application, I get the following error:
Warning: Cannot convert string ...
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1answer
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Terminal font looks different (I think some application changed it)
The Terminal font on my computer (Windows 8) is messed up. I think some application I had from earlier changed it to look different.
Looks fine in the CMD:
Everywhere else, ugly:
So, how do I ...
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0answers
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Font display issues on certain websites/applications
At some websites, fonts on my computer don't display right. If you go to http://desmos.com/calculator and type something into the input box area, it should look nice. See this pic. though? I've ...
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1answer
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ffmpeg drawtext initialization error
I'm trying to convert an image sequence to a video file with some text overlay(eventually frame counter).
The command I am using
ffmpeg -r 24 -y -i mambo_%05d.png -i ..\3DW_Mambo.wav \
-vf ...
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Are there any iconic fonts for video sharing sites? [closed]
I'm not sure if this is the right site for this. But anyway, is there an iconic font system like FontAwesome that has icons that may to useful for a video sharing site? (earphones icon, movie reel ...
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PhpStorm/WebStorm: Is there way to adjust the font letter spacing?
I am using a non-default font in Webstorm. I quite like it except that the letters are a bit too spaced, horizontally.
Now, I now that there is a setting to adjust the vertical spacing between lines. ...
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2answers
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How do OSes manage Fonts
How do OSes (Mac/Windows/Linux) manage Fonts?
Does the OS load a copy of each installed Font into memory, which can then be used by any application requiring that font? Does this mean that installing ...
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1answer
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Webstorm/PhpStorm: Select specific font from a Font Family
WebStorm/PhpStorm: How do I choose a specific font from a font family? (for the editor).
Specifically, I have downloaded the Source Code Pro font. It comes with these typefaces: Extra Light, Light, ...
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1answer
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How do I determine what process is using a font? [duplicate]
Sometimes when I delete a font through the control panel applet I get a message that it is in use. If I attempt to delete the file in %SYSTEMROOT%\fonts with farmanager it says that its locked by ...
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Unwanted space between characters when printing
When I print a document I sometimes get enormous spaces between characters. It happens randomly because in another document the same font is printed correctly.
The printer is HP Laser Jet 2100M.
I ...
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1answer
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How to increase recieved messages text size in Lotus Sametime
I'm using Sametime 8.5.1 on Windows 7 and I would like the text to appear bigger. I tried changing file>preferences>Sametime>Chat Window>Chat font but this changes my font, not the senders font. Is ...
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1answer
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Adding Microsoft console (CMD) font in registry does not work with Eastern Asian language for non-unicode programs
The known registry setting in
LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Console\TrueTypeFont
Allows you to add font by having the Value Name to be a multiple of 0 and Value Data ...
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1answer
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How to change the default font of gVim
Edit: I moved the original question to 'The docked gVim in Windows 7 jumps upon tab switch'
After struggling with my .vimrc, I am resorting to setting the font from windows registry instead, because ...
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1answer
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Change formula font size in LibreOffice
I am trying to change the font size of the formula tool in LibreOffice. I have been told:
To permanently change the default size (12 pt) used in LibreOffice
Math, you must first set the size ...
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2answers
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Where can I get Windows 8 font to be used in my Windows 7?
I'm currently using Windows 7 Professional
I wanted to upgrade to Windows 8 but my system requirement seems not fit to it as I'm using a netbook with screen that can play only up to 600p for quality, ...
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Best way to force Google Chrome (26) to use space-saving font design [duplicate]
Since Chrome updated to Version 26 it uses a font design (options, contex menu & fav folder) that needs a litte bit more space.
New design: http://i.imgur.com/OZIhdgy.png
Old design: ...
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1answer
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Mock-up with WebFonts in Illustrator
I am working on a web design that will be using webfonts from typekit or fontdeck, etc, but need to work with them in Illustrator to determine layouts, type combinations, sizes, etc. I cant find ...
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Weird font displayed on websites
I am running Windows 7 on a Dell XPS M1640
I have downloaded and installed a lot of fonts recently and I think this is were my problem began. I started to notice that some (not all) websites would ...
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Google Chrome and Helvetica Neue, big bug
I'm experiencing a big, bad bug only with Google Chrome. I have all the Helvetica fonts installed on my Windows 7 computer. (Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica Neue LT, and so on.. it's like more ...
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Fallback fonts in gedit or geany for Windows
On Linux I often use gedit and Geany, and love the interface of both. On Windows (8) however, non seem to support font fallback; that is, when I open a text file containing Chinese and Japanese ...
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How to get rid of clear type after installing Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 computer [duplicate]
This really isn't a question but a solution that I would like to share because there are a lot of people out there who, like me, cannot tolerate cleartype or font smoothing.
I had done a registery ...
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1answer
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How can I see some sample text rendered in all fonts on my system?
I want to choose a font (technically, a typeface or font-family) out the numerous ones I have on my (Windows) system, for use in some (non-TeX) application, e.g. LO Writer.
To do this, I want to be ...
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1answer
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Why are these characters shown in PowerPoint designer, but not in presentation?
I have a PowerPoint presentation styled after windows 8, and I'm using the Segoe UI Light font. These characters display correctly in design mode, but not in presentation mode. Can anyone tell me why?
...
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Use a different font for bold text, instead of synthetic bold
In Word, how can we make bold text (such as by pressing Ctrl+B/the B button) use the bold variant of a differently named font from that of the non-bold font?
We're using the Light weight of the Open ...
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1answer
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Why do printers have resident fonts, and how do I use them?
Many printers specify that they have resident fonts--often dozens of them. I could understand why this was necessary years ago, when perhaps the choice was to use a resident font or to print the whole ...
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How to let gnome-terminal to use specific font to display punctuations in their full width forms? (·‘’“”)
I'd like to use SimSun(宋体) font to display interpunct/middle dot ·, single quotes (curly) ‘’, double quotes (curly) “” characters in their full width forms, because it's easy to distinguish them from ...
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1answer
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How do I stop LibreOffice Writer putting selected fonts at the top of the drop-down menu?
Whenever I select a font in LibreOffice Writer, it gets prefixed to the top of the menu.
This wouldn't be a big deal if, when typing the name, it ignored the font at the top and skipped to it in the ...
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1answer
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Can I see a large font size with a high resolution?
I'm using Macbook pro 15" and the resolution is 1680*1050.
In this resolution, characters are too small for me.
If I decrease the resolution to 1380*840, the character sizes are good for me.
Instead, ...
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1answer
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safety-in-numbers herd-mode website browsing utility for Windows O/S? [duplicate]
According to http://panopticlick.eff.org/ your browser divulges enough information about your PC to single you out of a crowd of one or two million people. The installed fonts list and the ...
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Google Chrome extensions to allow changing font of selected text
I have been searching for a minor inconvenience experienced while reading some programming blogs that post the source code within the articles in the same font as the regular text. The only exception ...
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1answer
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How to remove supposedly deleted font files in Windows?
I deleted thousands of fonts with Bitstream Font Navigator. I thought it was working well, but what really happened was that it deleted only the registry entries, while keeping the font files in ...
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1answer
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Vim: Broken colors on start
I'm using uxterm and vim with the following .vimrc: https://github.com/dbrgn/dotfiles/blob/master/.vimrc
When I open a file in vim and don't push any key, colored text is rendered using bold font and ...
