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How do I find out which font contains a certain special character?
Unicode contains a few special "characters" which are not displayable by most fonts. I want to use one of them, a video camera. It seems that such a character exists indeed, and has the codepoint...
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Blurry/jagged text on PC after buying a new monitor
I just made an "upgrade" to a IPS monitor LG UltraGear 24” IPS, Full HD, 180Hz, 1ms.The problem Im facing now is that everything looks harder to read.ALSO, text based softwares are showing BAD Text,...
View ArticleHow do I 'unembed' embedded word document fonts?
I have just transferred a word document from one computer to another. It had embedded fonts saved with it. I would like to know how to 'unembed' the fonts and install them on my computer.The reason for...
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Why is Sinhala text appearing instead of English on some websites?
I’m experiencing an issue on some websites (ex-CloudConvert.com) where some/most parts of the interface are displaying in Sinhala instead of English.This is especially noticeable in certain areas of...
View ArticleEnabling MacType for Chrome 52+?
I've recently installed a dev-channel Chrome 53 (currently the latest, Version 53.0.2785.8 dev-m (64-bit)) and noticed that Chrome now renders in-page fonts ignoring MacType, and I wouldn't say I like...
View ArticleFonts displaying incorrectly in all web browsers (Win 7)
I'm running into an odd issue in Windows 7 in which fonts are displaying incorrectly in IE, Firefox, and Chrome. I haven't made any browser specific changes to fonts, and I've tried restoring the...
View ArticleVerify whether a given font is actually monospaced on MacOS
I downloaded Terminess Nerd Font from brew, and was trying to set it as the font in kitty terminal. No method worked, whether editing the config directly or using kitten choose-fonts; the terminal...
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Font scaling works only in Windows UI and fails in other apps making text...
Font scaling works only in Windows UI and fails in other apps making text tiny and unreadable,especially in some older apps, where text just don't scale up or even allow me to resize them.Currently...
View ArticleHow to find out WHERE a specific font is used in a PDF document
For a given PDF which uses a number of fonts (e.g., in Acrobat Reader, the fonts used can be seen when selecting Files > Properties > Fonts) how can I find out where a certain font is used in the...
View ArticleSetting up powerline-fonts in my text console: setfont works but setupcon...
I'm trying to permanently set my text console font to use powerline fonts on Ubuntu 19.04 and I can't seem to get it to stick. I copied my fonts into the right dir like so:sudo cp -r...
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How can I get a list of the appropriate font names to use in CSS on a Windows...
I'd like to use a font that I've installed in VScode (an Electron browser, effectively.)Usually, it's not too much of a struggle to determine what to type into my font-family field to produce that font...
View ArticleHow to clear cached web fonts in Chrome
I'm trying to reproduce a bug where HTTPS Everywhere is preventing a web font from loading, but the web font seems to have been cached, preventing me from reproducing the bug. Neither Ctrl-Shift-R nor...
View Articlelinux-mint Font size increased to a large size, now every window garbels display
Hey guys I have made a blunder. While i was playing with cinnamon settings I set the font size to 990 from the font icon available in cinnamon settings. Now I cant use any applications because of the...
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Latin characters in default sans-serif are bunched up in Chromium/Windows 11
I visited the zi.tools website, and some text in Latin characters are bunched up:Inspecting the site shows that it's using the default sans-serif font for Google Chrome:This appears in Microsoft Edge...
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Vim airline plugin orange arrow bug
I have the airline plugin installed for vim and no matter which theme I pick there is always an orange arrow in the bottom right corner of the screen. How can I fix this?
View ArticleHow do I change the font of a theme in Microsoft Visio Professional?
I would like to use a particular theme in Visio Professional. I like the colors, but the default font for the theme is Calibri, 10 Pt. I would like to change the font for this theme to my company's...
View ArticleCopy and paste Tamil font from a PDF into MS Word
I am using Windows 10 and I have a PDF with Tamil text in it. Upon clicking Ctrl+D and then 'Fonts' tab, I notice the fonts used are:TAB-LFS-Kamban(Embedded Subset)TAMLKamban ( Embedded SubsetWhen I...
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How to view Windows 11 fonts folder as normal folder?
The folder C:\Windows\Fonts has been a “special” folder at least since Windows 7, and will appear in the File Explorer as shown below:Other “non-special” folders will appear as follows:I'm trying to...
View ArticleConverting font from WOFF (Web Open Font Format) to a format I can use in MS...
I have a WOFF file I downloaded from a website that I want to convert for use in Microsoft Word documents and such. Is there any free way to do this? After much searching I have not found a way, so I...
View ArticleWhere to download fonts to fix particular Korean letters being displayed as...
I am using PyCharm (with Python 3.6.1) on two PC's. The file encoding (UTF-8) and font (Segoe UI) settings are identical. On one PC, I have no problems. But on the other, certain Korean letters are...
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Fonts looking suddenly smaller only in some dialogs of some legacy Windows...
Even since a few days ago, I have noticed that on one of my Windows PCs fonts look smaller and somewhat more "condensed" but only in some dialogs of some legacy Windows applications.I didn't change any...
View ArticleHow to change Page Title format in MS OneNote 2013
I was used to having my Page Titles in Calibri, but in some update there came a new style for Page Titles that is Calibri Light, and I can't figure out how I change that style from Light to Normal.
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How to fix font size issues in management studio
Under my Windows 10 Pro Version 1607 Build 14393.321 i recently ran in into font-size issues inside of management studio (see screenshots below).I am not certain if the cause of the "font-size issues"...
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What does the `i` icon near a Windows update mean?
What does the i icon near a Windows update mean?I use Windows 11 24H2 Pro.Clicking or mouseover on the i icon does nothing and show nothing.
View ArticleHow do I set different styles for different kinds of files in Notepad++?
I want to use different styles for different kinds of files in Notepad++. For example, while editing a .py file, I want Consolas font and 10 font size and when editing a .txt file, I want Arial font...
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Is there any way to replace Segoe UI emoji that comes with Windows with a...
Emoji flags are supported on all major platforms except Microsoft Windows, which displays two-letter country codes instead of emoji flag images.For example, instead of a Japan flag emoji, it shows "JP":
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Why do some websites keep on rendering local fonts?
Just for example. Look at Docker's website.I found out that it is rendering local font, but I don't know why and how...Disabling local font and reloading works fine, but it returns to its original form...
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How to change the default Segoe WP font on Windows 8?
Short question:How can I change the default windows 8.1 fonts to something else?! (see pic below for further details)Long question:I discovered that the default Windows 8 font is Segoe WP which I...
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How do I see all Unicode codepoints a particular font supports on Windows?
Don't know if this is a good fit for this website, but I don't know where in the Stack Exchange network this would be most on topic.My question is simple, I want to see all UNICODE (16.0) code points a...
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How do you install a Google Font on PowerShell?
I'm spending lots of time on PowerShell. I want to customize the font. I'm on Windows. I have downloaded a couple of Google Fonts that look neat. When I go to the Properties menu --> Fonts the fonts...
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