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Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing)

From Beco <rcb@beco.cc>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing)
Date 2020-04-04 17:40 +0200
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On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 20:03, Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:

> Beco wrote:
> > Guess I was wrong. The problem persists, now it looks like the problem is
> > Helvetica.
> >
> > I found this link:
> >
> > https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/2120514?hl=en
> >
> > I don't use chrome, I use firefox. But it appears that the problem
> happens
> > in both browsers.
> >
> > Still a mystery.
>
>
> Open up the offending page in Firefox. Find a paragraph where
> the 9 is missing.
>
> Use the three-bar menu, Web Developer, Inspector. That should
> open up a debugging console underneath the webpage.
>
> On the left of the debugging console you should see a tree of
> HTML elements. When you mouse over them, they will be
> highlighted and so will the relevant portion of the page. Some
> parts of the tree might be folded down into triangles, which you
> can open up.
>
> Find the smallest element that contains the 9. Click on it in
> the tree to select it.
>
> Now look over at the right side of the debugging console.
> There's a Fonts tab. It will show you the precise font being
> used.
>
> That is your culprit. Tell us and we'll see if we can help you
> remove it.
>
> -dsr-
>


Thanks Dan,

Did that. Still Lucida Grande.

I failed to install this font like 3 times from 3 different download sites.

Any official debian solution to it?

Thanks.

Dr. Bèco



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Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing) Beco <rcb@beco.cc> - 2020-04-02 22:50 +0200
  Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing) Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-04-03 01:10 +0200
    Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing) Beco <rcb@beco.cc> - 2020-04-04 17:40 +0200
      Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing) Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-04-04 18:00 +0200
        Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing) Beco <rcb@beco.cc> - 2020-04-04 20:10 +0200
          Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing) Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-04-04 23:40 +0200
            (solved - part 2) Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing) Beco <rcb@beco.cc> - 2020-04-05 00:50 +0200

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