Re: Some fonts shows question marks instead of double quotes
Torsdag 22. august 2002 10:09 skreiv Matthias Schmitz:
> Hi *,
>
> i was wondering why some fonts (f.e. Times) show question marks instead of
> the wanted double quotes. I found (after hours of speculation ;> ) a
> solution: deactivate under Tools -> AutoCorrect/AutoFormat -> Custom Quotes
> the checkbox 'Double quotes Replace'.
The real reason why this happens is because OpenOffice.org is trying to view
a character that does not exist in that particular font, so a question mark
is shown instead.
Using a question mark for this purpose is totally, utterly *stupid*, but it
seems to be quite common (at least KDE and Opera does it). A better solution
would be to use a hollow square, like other applications and OSs do. (The
square doesn't mean anything, while a misplaced question mark can change the
meaning of the text.) Anybody know where to file that bug report?
Regards,
Gaute Hvoslef Kvalnes
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