FF3 - how do I tell which fonts are missing

[Rik]

As you know, FF3 displays heiroglyphics if a font is not available, ie a box with the hex code for the character. Is there any way to work out which fonts it's looking for?

[Glenn]

It does

[Rik]

Mmm, it does.

[Rik]

Here's an example.

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[Ray]

I've Never seen that happen, Rik.

[Ted]

Do you have a link to that post Rik? i can't find it, i want to see what it looks like on mine.

[Rik]

<link removed - post not visible, sorry>

Ted.

[Rik]

I've Never seen that happen, Rik.

You've probably got the fonts then, Ray.

[Ray]

I can't get to that link, Rik, I get an error message.

[rgt247]

I can't get to that link, Rik, I get an error message.

Same here 

[Ted]

Same here 

and here.

[Rik]

Odd, it's fine here. Ah, penny drops - you can't actually see that post... Give me a mo...

[Rik]

No, I can't do what I was hoping to as the glyphs are in the post... Anyway, that's what it looks like if you don't have the right font, in this case, Chinese.

[Ted]

can you not just cut and paste it into a post here?

[Rik]

It doesn't work as such, Ted, at least I think. Here's the bit:

什么意味是...

[Ted]

they look like proper Chinese characters to me but if i paste it into a word processor its just boxes.

[Rik]

I see the 'hex boxes' that you can see in the screenshot, Ted. If I paste to a WP, I get boxes or question marks, depending on the font in use.

[Ray]

Rik, I've just copied and pasted into MS Word selects the font as MS Mincho.

[Glenn]

If I cut and paste them into Word, I get the same as those posted

[Rik]

Thanks, Ray. I shall see if I've got it...

[Baz]

Rik, I've just copied and pasted into MS Word the font is MS Mincho.

same here. is that the font you need to add

[Ted]

Looking at the Page source for this page, and then View, Character encoding, one of the fonts is "Chinese simplified (GB2312)"

[Rik]

That's it.   Thanks, guys. (Now, how do I work it out next time...  )

Or I could do what Ted said.

[Rik]

Looking at the Page source for this page, and then View, Character encoding, one of the fonts is "Chinese simplified (GB2312)"

Any idea how that translates to a font name, Ted?

[Ted]

Not yet

[Ted]

Try Here

[Rik]

Well, I have the answer for today, I'll cut'n'paste next time I see the boxes. (This is all probably down to me minimising the number of active fonts, old ATM habit...)

[Rik]

Try Here

Thanks, Ted.

[Glenn]

Do you get any cash from old ATM's ?

[Rik]

same here. is that the font you need to add

It was, thanks, Baz. 

[JB]

You quite often see these in Ebuyer specifications. Take a look at:-

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149238/show_product_specifications?spectype=extended

In the extended spec section, in the 'expansion/conectivity' section.

Piccy below from my FF3.


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[Rik]

I see the same, JB. Now all I need to do is work out the missing font...

[Glenn]

lol

[JB]

I get similar in IE Rik. Piccy below.


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[Rik]

I can't see any indication of font in the source either, though I may just be missing the blindingly obvious.

[Baz]

not an expert but theres this

width:150px;
   height:186px;
   background:url(http://image.ebuyer.com/customer/promos/UK/wheres-my-order2.gif) no-repeat;
   font-family:Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
   position:relative;
   margin-bottom:5px;
   *margin-bottom:0px;


at line 83, col 9     

[Rik]

Thanks, Baz. I have those installed, so it must be an encoding issue. You wouldn't think it would happen with a Uk based firm, would you.

[kinmel]

The problem is not at your computer, if you study the page source you will see that the Chinese characters have been encoded into the Ebuyer page and so it is they that are displaying it wrong and not you.

<td>Expansion Slot(s)</td><td>1 processor - LGA775 Socket ¦ 4 memory ( 1.8 V ) - DIMM 240-pin ¦ 1 PCI Express x16 ( x4 mode ) ¦ 1 PCI Express x1 ¦ 2 PCI</td>

No idea where they copied that spec from though, as all the Giga-byte sites have perfect English versions of it

[Sebby]

Who knows with eBuyer. They're track record is that great when it comes to plagiarism.

[drummer]

This has been a problem since FF went up to v3.

Some XP folks have suggested that it can be solved by going to Control Panel>Regional and Language Options and selecting the Advanced tab to choose which language fonts you want to load on startup.  I tried this method long before FF3 but dumped it fairly soon after because it increased XP's running processes.

I often get this glitch on UK based websites with really basic things like the pound or dollar symbol.

[Rik]

Thanks, Drummer - it's only since FF3 that I've noticed the issue, and I wonder how they used to handle it.

[Rik]

The problem is not at your computer, if you study the page source you will see that the Chinese characters have been encoded into the Ebuyer page and so it is they that are displaying it wrong and not you.

<td>Expansion Slot(s)</td><td>1 processor - LGA775 Socket ¦ 4 memory ( 1.8 V ) - DIMM 240-pin ¦ 1 PCI Express x16 ( x4 mode ) ¦ 1 PCI Express x1 ¦ 2 PCI</td>

No idea where they copied that spec from though, as all the Giga-byte sites have perfect English versions of it

Thanks for restoring my sanity, Alan.