On 09/09/2011 06:55 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
> 
>> On 09/09/2011 04:56 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>>> NoOp wrote:
>>>
>>>> Works for me - is there an issue?
>>>> As do the wingding characters (including smiley face et al) in this
>>>> page:
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.alanwood.net/demos/wingdings.html>
>>>
>>> Ah, but you cheated:
>>>
>>> <td class="big"><font face="Wingdings">&#74;</font></td>
>>> <td align="center">74</td>
>>> <td align="center">0x4A</td>
>>> <td>smileface</td>
>>> <td class="big">&#9786;</td>
>>> <td>9786</td>
>>> <td>U+263A</td>
>>> <td>White smiling face</td>
>>> <td>Miscellaneous Symbols</td>
>>>
>>> You didn't tell it to display "J" in Wingdings, you told it to display
>>> "&#9786;" in Wingdings. So of course we get a smiley, because this code
>>> point is blank and the browser substitutes the character from a font
>>> that does have it.
>>
>> Sorry Paul, but that doesn't compute. I fail to see where I "cheated".
>> Perhaps this will convince you... Even if I copy all 3 smileys from
>> ray-nets test page (directly from the page) and paste into LibreOffice
>> or Openoffice, they paste in directly as wingding characters (smileys)
>> and the font displayed for the characters is wingdings. I'll be happy to
>> provide screenshots if you'd like. Or would you prefer an exported PDF
>> showing the characters instead?
>>
>> I suggest that the issue is most likely a configuration issue. The
>> question is which setting (see my other posts regarding Windows).
> 
> I don't deny that there's an issue here that needs to be resolved. I'm 
> simply saying this wasn't a fair test.
> 

And what would you consider a "fair test"? If you've another then I'll
be more than happy to give it a try.


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