Re: [tlug] Re: Strange encoding problem in FireFox

["Jim Breen" <jimbreen@example.com>]

On 02/05/07, Dave M G <martin@example.com> wrote:
> I think you've nailed it. I went to WWWJDIC, used the customization
> option to set the encoding to utf8, and the problem disappeared.
>
> I don't know how I would have corrupted the font used for JIS.
>
> How can I get it back? The only fonts I've ever knowingly installed on
> my system are utf8, so I'm not sure what FireFox is using.

Dunno what comes with Ubuntu.

For Firefox, Edit/Preferences/Content/Fonts&Colors is the place to fiddle.
Kochi Gothic and Mincho are pretty common. Assumung you have both, try the
other. If they are all sick, I suspect the problem might be with Firefox
itself.

Jim

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Jim Breen
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Clayton School of Information Technology,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
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