Using Unicode Diacritic Fonts In Browsers
<h3 class="heading-h6"><a name="THDLToolboxhomegtFontsampRelatedIssuesgtDiacriticFontsgtUnicodeDiacriticFontsgtUsingDiacriticFontsinBrowsers" class="anchorpoint"></a><a href="/tools/wiki/home.html">THDL Toolbox</a> > <a href="/tools/wiki/Fonts%20%26%20Related%20Issues.html">Fonts & Related Issues</a> > <a href="/tools/wiki/Diacritic%20Fonts.html">Diacritic Fonts</a> > <a href="/tools/wiki/Unicode%20Diacritic%20Fonts.html">Unicode Diacritic Fonts</a> > Using Diacritic Fonts in Browsers</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h1"><a name="DisplayingUnicodeDiacriticsinBrowsersonWindows" class="anchorpoint"></a>Displaying Unicode Diacritics in Browsers on Windows</h3><p class="paragraph"><strong class="bold">Contributor(s)</strong>: Nathaniel Grove.
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="WindowsInternetExplorer" class="anchorpoint"></a>Windows: Internet Explorer </h3><ol><li>Download a Unicode font. If it is in a .zip file, unzip it and store in a temporary folder.</li>
<li>From the Start Menu, choose Settings, then Control Panel.</li>
<li>Open the Fonts folder.</li>
<li>Place the Unicode font in the fonts folder <em class="italic">or</em> From the File menu of the fonts folder, choose Install New Font … And choose the Unicode font file.</li>
<li>Then, open Internet Explorer.</li>
<li>Choose Internet Options from the Tools menu.</li>
<li>Click the Font button.</li>
<li>Choose the Unicode font just installed as the Web page font.</li></ol><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="WindowsFirefox" class="anchorpoint"></a>Windows: Firefox</h3><ol><li>Download a Unicode font. If it is in a .zip file, unzip it and store in a temporary folder.</li>
<li>From the Start Menu, choose Settings, then Control Panel.</li>
<li>Open the Fonts folder.</li>
<li>Place the Unicode font in the fonts folder <em class="italic">or</em> From the File menu of the fonts folder, choose Install New Font … And choose the Unicode font file.</li>
<li>Then, open Netscape.</li>
<li>Choose Character set from the View menu.</li>
<li>Choose Unicode (UTF-8).</li>
<li>Choose Preferences from the Edit menu.</li>
<li>Choose the Font category.</li>
<li>Change Encoding to Unicode.</li>
<li>Change Variable width font to Arial Unicode MS.</li></ol><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="DisplayingUnicodediacriticsinbrowsersontheMacOSX" class="anchorpoint"></a>Displaying Unicode diacritics in browsers on the Mac OS X:</h3><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h3"><a name="MacintoshNetscape6" class="anchorpoint"></a>Macintosh: Netscape 6</h3><p class="paragraph">Netscape 6 on the Macintosh is the easiest to use because no set up is required other than installing a Unicode fonts.</p><ol><li>Download and install a Unicode font.</li>
<li>Download and install Netscape 6, if not already installed.</li>
<li>Run Netscape 6.</li></ol><p class="paragraph">
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="PrintingUnicodeFonts" class="anchorpoint"></a>Printing Unicode Fonts:</h3><p class="paragraph">If some of the characters do not print correctly but come out malformed or as a completely different character, try the following:</p><ol><li>From the printer's dialog box, choose Properties and check the box that says "Print True Type fonts as graphics".</li>
<li>Make sure you have the latest version of the printer's driver installed.</li></ol><p class="paragraph">
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