John, message received. I can't help you with this, but someone will get back to you soon.
Since it is a problem I have not seen mentioned before, I wonder if you installed Cyrillic or something. You may want to go through the whole process of uninstalling, deleting, downloading and re-installing. Mike On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:13 AM, John L. Poole <jlpool...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have installed diaw.exe 0.97.2 on Windows7 about a month ago. > > My problem is: the default font for the objects is something abnormal, > the name of the font consists of rectangles indicating characters not > recognized on my system. When I try to enter text, all I get are place- > holders for character, nothing that can be read. > > I can double-click an object to change the default font to Arial > or a font that is legible. > > I am wondering if there is a way to apply the default font for all the > objects so I do not have to undertake the repetitive task of changing > each object's default font. > > Perhaps my problem can be finessed by installing some font Dia is > expecting to find to use as the default font? > > Should I try re-installing Dia -- I cannot remember if the problem was > something that occurred after the install or not... I think the default > font problem was something that manifested itself after installation. > > Thank you. > > John Poole > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > dia-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>
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