Re: Lenny. Wrong displaying of symbols.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Kelly Clowers <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 06:09, Mark Goldshtein
> <mark.goldshtein@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello, list!
>>
>> Would you, please, help me to correct a problem with improper
>> displaying of some symbols? It takes place everywhere, from console
>> output in Brasero to web pages in browser and window title. Couple
>> examples are below, mplayer window title and Gmail web interface in
>> SeaMonkey.
>>
>> I have no idea what's wrong. Install was smooth and I did not touch a thing.
>>
>> Thanks for your time and effort!
>
> You do not the proper fonts to display those glyphs, so instead you get a
> box with 4 hexadecimal digits that represent the Unicode code point of that
> character.
Thanks, I know that.
> Open up synaptic or aptitude or whatever interactive package manager you
> prefer and look for fonts for whatever language(s) you need. Most fonts start
> with xfonts- or ttf- (ttf is probably what you need most).
I thought we live in Unicode world. In mswin environment same videos
or same web pages with these characters look right.
Maybe something wrong with default fonts in Debian Lenny?
--
Sincerely Yours'
Mark Goldshtein
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