Ian, thanks! Please bear with me but how can I cahnge the font in command line mode? I'm sure it is very basic but I am (unluckily) style a GUI type of guy.. Thanks - Serge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian D. Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "shamad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:49 PM Subject: Re: text converted into bar codes - tough reading !!
> On 2002.05.11 04:31 shamad wrote: > > With SID some of the fonts look like bar codes not all > > As an eemple in the Gnome Control Center all text in the right window > > is > > readable, in the left window unreadable (bar codes) > > Interestingly, if open a window ( bash.. whatever else) and move it > > over > > the 'bar codes' suddenly they get converted in readble text. > > I ran into this problem with colored fonts using ISO 10681 (I think > that's what it is). I converted over to 8859-1, and the blocks went > away. Think it might have had something to do with the former being a > unicode font (i.e., 2 bytes v. one). > > > HTH, > Ian > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]