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#1 2009-03-27 15:02:57

stonecoldjha
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Registered: 2009-02-01
Posts: 44

some special characters not displaying

Hi everyone................i have noticed that in archlinux,firefox fails to display the characters of other languages,for example:విరోధి నామ సంవత్సరాది శుభాకాంక్షలు ..............as u can see,instead of valid characters,i get such boxes.how do i solve this?

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#2 2009-03-27 15:29:11

byte
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From: Düsseldorf (DE)
Registered: 2006-05-01
Posts: 2,046

Re: some special characters not displaying

Install the proper fonts, at least ttf-dejavu for a start.


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#3 2009-03-27 15:32:34

Ranguvar
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Registered: 2008-08-12
Posts: 2,549

Re: some special characters not displaying

Yeah -- I don't see any boxes here, just proper chars smile

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#4 2009-03-27 17:18:24

stonecoldjha
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Registered: 2009-02-01
Posts: 44

Re: some special characters not displaying

how do i do that?should i download the .ttf and place it in my .fonts directory?

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#5 2009-03-27 17:28:57

sokuban
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Registered: 2006-11-11
Posts: 412

Re: some special characters not displaying

stonecoldjha wrote:

how do i do that?should i download the .ttf and place it in my .fonts directory?

You could do that. Or check if there is a package or the font is in the aur, that might be a little easier.

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