Stubborn Fonts

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JohnE - 28 May 2004 23:13 GMT

We're working with several languages and noticed something
peculiar. Occasionally, a string of characters will have
the wrong typeface with unwanted characteristics but when
we highlight the characters and select the desired font or
character-style, those characters REFUSE TO CHANGE.

Sorry, we haven't come across other patterns behind the
phenomena...yet. I'm hoping someone will recognize that
one symptom.

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Michael \(michka\) Kaplan [MS] - 28 May 2004 23:16 GMT

Perhaps the language setting is what guides the font for these cases?

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> We're working with several languages and noticed something
> peculiar. Occasionally, a string of characters will have
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> phenomena...yet. I'm hoping someone will recognize that
> one symptom.

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Klaus Linke - 31 May 2004 20:40 GMT

Hi John,

Yes, that's a nuisance. As a work-around, cut the text (Ctrl+X), set the
font, and then "Edit > Paste Special > Unformatted Unicode Text".

Not all fonts contain all Unicode characters.
Word often refuses to change the font if the new font doesn't contain all
the necessary characters.

But it often refuses to change the font even if the new font *does* contain
all needed characters ... or changes the font though the new font does
*not* contain all necessary characters.

I haven't figured out the rules that Word uses...
(Asian) language support seems to add more complications.

Looks to me like one more of those auto-gizmos that does more harm than it
does good.
I'd prefer if Word would change the font as requested, and display empty
squares for characters that are not in the font.

Regards,
Klaus

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