RE: Fonts in Browsers was RE: Pb with Unicode Tifinagh with Internet Explorer

From: Peter Constable (petercon@microsoft.com)
Date: Wed May 27 2009 - 09:51:00 CDT

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    Used in _address bars_?

    Each browser, like any application, can control its own use of fonts for UI elements or content. On a given OS, the vendor may publish certain style guidelines, but app developers still make those choices. (There may be certain UI elements not under the control of the app; e.g. window title bars on Windows.) If an app uses controls or other UI frameworks provided by the host OS, then those may provide font fallback mechanisms if the app doesn't make fallback choices (when the actual text is not supported by the primary font) -- but that certainly would depend on the given platform / UI framework.

    Peter

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Debbie Garside [mailto:debbie@ictmarketing.co.uk]
    Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:36 AM
    To: Peter Constable; 'Unicode Mailing List'
    Subject: Fonts in Browsers was RE: Pb with Unicode Tifinagh with Internet Explorer

    Hi Peter

    I was wondering, is there a list of "standard" fonts used within browser
    address bars for each language supported? If so, what research has this
    been based on?

    Debbie

    -----Original Message-----
    From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On
    Behalf Of Peter Constable
    Sent: 26 May 2009 15:40
    To: Unicode Mailing List
    Subject: RE: Pb with Unicode Tifinagh with Internet Explorer

    From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On
    Behalf Of Damon Anderson

    > I'm late to this conversation but opened the html file below in:
    >
    > 1. Safari - boxes
    > 2. IE 8 - boxes

    If I browse to this page

    http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/tifinagh.html

    with IE 8 on Windows 7, everything displays fine.

    Jukka wrote earlier:

    > Tifinagh has very limited font support, see
    > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2d30/fontsupport.htm

    I guess someone should let them know that the Ebrima font supports Tifinagh.

    Peter

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