Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome

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Subject	Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome
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In article <bd3d08ce52.martin@bach.planiverse.com>,
   Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> wrote:
> In message <52cdf80513dave@davenoise.co.uk>
>           "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

> > I've just tried again this morning, with Cabin in Fonts. Netsurf
> > reports the same problem and won't load. Remove Cabin, and without a
> > re-boot it does. And I love Cabin - thanks Michael. ;-)

> NetSurf (or rather its Unicode font library "Rufl") scans all the
> available fonts to build a table of which font supports which
> characters. So, NetSurf takes a far closer look at your fonts than any
> other application and is therefore much more likely to stumble over any
> problems with the font.

Thanks. So is it necessarily with Cabin - or could it be another one?

> > Perhaps I should try re-installing Netsurf with Cabin in place? I take
> > it the Unicode fonts library isn't any part of Fonts?

> No, it is part of NetSurf, and I doubt re-installing NetSurf with 
> Cabin in place will make any difference at all. In fact, there are few 
> cases in recorded history where re-installing a program has solved any 
> problem on a RISC OS system, so I am surprised that people still 
> suggest that every now and then as a general cure.

Just clutching at straws. ;-)

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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
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New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 08:07 -0700
  Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-09-11 18:36 +0100
    Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-11 19:53 +0200
      Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 12:31 -0700
        Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-11 23:19 +0100
          Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-11 22:33 +0000
            Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 11:08 +0100
        Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Dave Stratford <daves@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 01:31 +0100
          Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 09:56 +0100
            Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-12 13:54 +0200
              Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 13:50 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 14:39 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-12 16:19 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome CMS <musicman56@web.de> - 2012-09-12 17:19 +0000
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-12 18:19 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-13 10:58 -0700
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-13 19:29 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-13 22:12 +0000
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-14 00:40 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-14 00:45 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-14 11:22 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 07:50 -0700
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-14 16:08 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-14 17:49 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-15 00:27 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-17 07:28 -0700
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-17 12:55 -0700
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-09-18 06:59 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-09-18 10:53 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome NedA <news@ned.uk.invalid> - 2012-09-18 11:42 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-18 12:44 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-18 11:42 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-13 13:35 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 15:58 +0000
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-09-12 18:23 +0200
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 17:36 +0100
                Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-12 17:49 +0100
  Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 19:34 -0700
    Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 15:44 +0100
  Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 06:52 -0700
  Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 08:01 -0700
    Re: New fonts for RISC OS, comments welcome Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-12 15:59 +0000

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