Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:02:07 +0300 From: Ghirai <ghirai@ghirai.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ezequiel Aguerre <ezeaguerrelistas@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Konqueror UNICODE fonts Message-ID: <200807070102.07575.ghirai@ghirai.com> In-Reply-To: <200807061648.15161.lumiwa@gmail.com> References: <200807051939.57844.ghirai@ghirai.com> <200807061423.34177.ghirai@ghirai.com> <200807061648.15161.lumiwa@gmail.com>
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On Monday 07 July 2008 00:48:14 Mitja wrote: > On Sunday 06 July 2008 06:23:34 Ghirai wrote: > > On Sunday 06 July 2008 13:08:55 Ezequiel Aguerre wrote: > > > Hi, > > > 1. Make sure you have the proper fonts :P > > > 2. Choose a generic font name in konqueror config, something like > > > "Sans" and "Monospace" instead of (for example) "Bitstream Vera Sans" > > > and "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono". > > > 3. Make sure you have configured "fontconfig" so that it makes the > > > proper replace from "Sans" -> "Your preferred font" and so on. > > > > > > At least I had that problem until I did this. > > > The problem seems to be with font substitution. Say for example you are > > > using some of the "DejaVu" fonts and you want to see a page with some > > > strange character wich is not in that font; that character should be > > > taken from another font, however Konqueror doesn't get it quite right > > > :P > > > > > > Bye!! > > > > > > 2008/7/5 Ghirai <ghirai@ghirai.com>: > > > > Hello list. > > > > > > > > I'm running KDE 3.5.8 from ports. > > > > > > > > Konqueror doesn't seem to want to display unicode fonts properly; i > > > > get boxes > > > > instead, even though i set the encoding to UTF-8. > > > > > > > > The same seem to be with text editors and such. > > > > > > > > Any indeas? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Regards, > > > > Ghirai. > > > > Alright, i installed dejavu fonts from ports, added the path to > > xorg.conf, and told KDE and Konqueror to use the DejaVu fonts. > > > > Everything works. > > If you are going, for example, to the: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador > > Are there squares too, please? > > I have to used DejaVu fonts and than changed to Liberation fonts and I had > and I have a problem as you had still. > > Thank you. The article itself has no squares. However, the "Languages" box on the right of the page shows squares for about 10 entries; seems to be something more exotic :P -- Regards, Ghirai.
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