Can't see Symbol font in Netscape? Read on...

[bruinaphi]

Originally posted by _Opi_
Well, I use firefox on my Ibook...and it doesn't pick the symbol font either. But my PC at work (with Firefox) does.

Like the signature on my name reads as QNX

The weirdest part is that it all works just fine on my laptop at home, while it doesn't at work. Both are PCs and both are running Firefox. I don't get it.

[WCUgirl]

Okay, I have had my new MacBook for about a month and have tried everything...I've downloaded multiple fonts, installed my printer drivers, installed Adobe...but I am completely unable to view symbols on GreekChat. Everybody's signatures are all off. Chi Omega? CW. Alpha Phi Omega? AFW. Can somebody please help me?

[WCUgirl]

I forgot to add that I've been using Safari, not Netscape. This was the only thread I could find on the topic, so I bumped it.

[adpi*violet]

Originally Posted by ariesrising

For those using Firefox, you can get the Symbol font to show if you follow PenguinTrax's instructions in the first post - only look in the Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/res/fonts folder for the file fontEncoding.properties and open it in WordPad/Notepad

Replace these lines:

# Symbol font
encoding.symbol.ttf = Adobe-Symbol-Encoding

with these lines:

# Symbol font
# encoding.symbol.ttf = Adobe-Symbol-Encoding
encoding.symbol.ttf = windows-1252

Save the file and then restart Firefox and your Greek symbols will show up now.

Ooooohhhh! It worked. Thank you! That has been VERY annoying since I switched to my hubby's old lap top. For some reason it used to work on my old lap top's version of Firefox, but whatever. Works now!

[PenguinTrax]

it only works for me if I use the IETab rendering engine to see the FF tab as it would be in IE.

[Drolefille]

bump

[pshsx1]

Is Netscape still relevant? lol

[Drolefille]

See the firefox posts below.

[Animate]

People still use Netscape?

[ms_gwyn]

firefox=netscape

[preciousjeni]

Chrome doesn't seem to like them either.