Re: IE 6 fonts gone wacko on some web sites or...

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From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:42:37 -0400

> in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\Accessibility" everything is unchecked;

If it is only "some web sites" chances are that the fonts are being
specified by the source so to test the fonts that you want to use
(or the ones that you suspect are causing the problem) you may
*need* to be using the Accessibility dialog's overrides for font
selection.

I haven't yet found a way of identifying which font is being used
to render any particular character or string from a webpage.
Having a procedure or tool which did that would make this type
of analysis much easier.

For an example of proof that what you suspect may be happening
can happen see this recent thread in this newsgroup:

news:74AED10C-03EE-4DFE-91D7-2B6425F2F88E@microsoft.com
Subject: Re: unrecognizable characters in IE 6
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:58:03 -0700

Hint: if you don't have that message in your cache search Google Groups
for that Message-ID with its msgid: type specifier.

Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle 

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"Wes Stebbins" <WesGuitar@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
news:JQCRc.79410$vN3.8791@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> Could it be that - when my friend installed his Adobe software - he has a
> printing company that is virtually  all Adobe products - perhaps he
> installed some default fonts for his software that inadvertently
> removed/altered the default IE 6 fonts, etc.?
>
>
>
> What can I do to check this?  According to my defaults, etc., on all of MY
> other computers that work - I have:
>
> in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\General\Fonts"
>
>    Language script: Latin based
>
>    Web page font: Times New Roman
>
>    Plain text font: Courier New
>
>
>
> Also,
>
> in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\Accessibility" everything is unchecked;
>
>
>
> Also, in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\Security\Custom Level." I have "Font
> Download - Enable" checked.
>
>
>
> I need to check those fonts, etc. on my friends computer, but what if
> they're the same?  Are could it be something else?  (even the motherboard?)
>
>
>
> "Wes Stebbins" <WesGuitar@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:siuRc.21988$ju6.17928@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> Not really missing - just very hard to read - practically undecipherable.
>>
>> "H Leboeuf" <NoAddress@generation.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:10hc8jd4lbsao58@corp.supernews.com...
>> > Missing or corrupt fonts?
>> >
>> > Select Windows on this page for some clues.
>> > http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/font.htm
>> > --
>> >
>> > Henri Leboeuf
>> > Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
>> > ===
>> > "Wes Stebbins" <WesGuitar@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
>> > news:DDgRc.73158$vN3.40715@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> > > I am working on upgrading a friends computer.  He has PhotoShop,
>> InDesign,
>> > > etc.  I took his computer home to upgrade it, and only took the "box"
>> (no
>> > > monitor or other peripherals) to my shop.  I noticed while going to
>> > > Microsoft's Windows Update web site to get latest XP Pro upgrades)
> that
>> > the
>> > > text was practically unreadable, yet other web sites appear to display
>> > jsut
>> > > fine.
>> > >
>> > > Then I learned about this Adobe Gamma thing - apparently it calibrates
>> to
>> > a
>> > > specific monitor.  Could this be the problem I'm having when I hook
> his
>> > box
>> > > up to my monitors (I've actually tried a couple different monitors of
>> mine
>> > > and it still doesn't display the microsoft site very well)?  Or when I
>> > take
>> > > it back will it work fine with his monitor?
>> > >
>> > > Or, by some quirk - is it a bad video card (but bench test show the
>> video
>> > > card should be just fine)?  I've replaced the video card - used two
>> > > different monitors, etc.
>> > > Are is it an Internet Explorer fonts thing?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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