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#1 2020-03-13 23:41:02
- wallzero
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[SOLVED] Some unicode characters not working in browser engines
I am trying out "oh-my-bash" and the special unicode characters render properly in desktop applications such as gnome-terminal and gedit; but not in Firefox, Chromium, or Electron apps such as Riot or Visual Studio Code.
This is tested on latest Arch and Gnome. You can test out whether the characters render by loading one of the theme files: link
I was hoping to use a theme in Visual Studio Code's integrated terminal. Since these characters appear normally in desktop apps, I assume I am not missing any fonts. Is there something I need to install or configure to make this work in browser engines?
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#2 2020-03-13 23:46:43
- jasonwryan
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Re: [SOLVED] Some unicode characters not working in browser engines
"If you heard about Oh-My-Zsh before, this project is a shameless fork of that one..."
God help us all.
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#3 2020-03-14 00:07:50
- wallzero
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Re: [SOLVED] Some unicode characters not working in browser engines
This thread seems to be what I was after: link
It looks like it was the fonts after all. The default font families used in the browser packages do not support the special characters used. Trying a font that does, such as "Source Code Pro" (the default in gedit) resolves the issue.
At first I had tried monospace, the default in gnome-terminal, but I couldn't get it to work in Firefox or Electron Apps and gave up.
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