Re: [apps-discuss] font/*

["t.petch" <[e-mail]>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin J. Dürst" <[e-mail]>
To: "t.petch" <[e-mail]>
Cc: "Frank Ellermann" <[e-mail]>;
<[e-mail]>; <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 9:13 AM
> On 2011/11/11 2:05, t.petch wrote:
>
> > What I see at present is that when I access certain web sites, I get a
message
> > saying the my machine has not got the fonts installed to view the web site
> > properly and would I like the web site to instal some more for me.  NO WAY.
I
> > decide what and when I instal on my machine from where.  But I am curious,
and
> > might try it when I have machine ready to be trashed, as to just how it
would do
> > it.  I am assuming it would try to instal a .ttf file in  a suitable
directory
> > (which I would expect to fail unless it is a temporary file).
> >
> > I did ask the maintainers of the web site what was going on, and they had
not a
> > clue.  My guess would be something Chinese or Korean (although the web site
is
> > not).
>
> To look at this case, it would help if you would tell us what your
> browser was, and what websites they were.

Indeed, I intend to do so, but the most recent example, when accessing
https://catalogue.library.manchester.ac.uk/login?message=borrowerservices_notlog
gedin&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalogue.library.manchester.ac.uk%2Faccount
only occurs once I have entered my userid and password, and you
may not be surprised to learn that I do not intend to disclose that
information by e-mail.

My memory is that I have seen it on other pages on that host and will
continue to look for one and post it as and when I find it.

My browser is Internet Explorer 6.0 but I suspect that it is the Fonts
directory in Windows that is lacking either a 'font' or more likely, some
code points in a font (I do get displays of Russian and CJK characters
which I did not on older software).  One thing I link to this is the
display I get on the Subject: line of some e-mails, on lists such as
MPLS-TP, from users with a Chinese affiliation, where the line
displays with many underscores, whereas at an Internet cafe,
looking at the archives, as one does, I get CJK characters instead,
probably a language variant of 'Re: '.
My MUA does not generate messages about wanting to download
'fonts'.

Tom Petch

> Regards,   Martin.
>
>