Sreedhar.M had written: > I would like to know how the regional news paper websites > are able to display all the characters through webbrowser without > asking the user to download any new fonts.
... > You can just visit the following site and send me Your comments > regarding my questions. > <http://www.eenadu.net>http://www.eenadu.net John Hudson wrote: > This technology only works in Netscape Navigator, ...and not even in this program, in every case. The attached Image shows the garbage my Netscape 6.2 displays from that page. (Note: If have habitually disabled JavaScript.) > In Opera, the text on the website you cited looks like garbage. > For Internet Explorer, the makers of this website have provided an .eot > file (Embedded OpenType). ... > However, this site does not appear to be using Unicode encoded text, > which means they are using an 8-bit font hack with a custom character > set. This means that the text on the site can only be viewed using the > .pfr and .eot resources provided. It cannot be copied or pasted into > another application or viewed with a Unicode Sinhalese font. ... and it will not be understood by indexing-programs, search machines and their ilk. Best wishes, Otto Stolz
