Error "This is a two byte font and may not be displayed correctly"

Paul paul at nlpagan.net
Mon Mar 3 18:40:16 CET 2003


In reply to Collins's mail, d.d. Mon, 3 Mar 2003 10:37:57 -0700:

>> 	I just scroll to the nest group until I fond the one that isn't a
>two> byte font and use it.
>
>What is a two byte font anyway?  And what good is it if it can't be used?

Double-byte fonts are used for the asian fontsets like Chinese and Japanese.
These languages have so many different characters that they cannot be caught
in the simple 1 byte (8 bit) codings that western languages can do with.

Paul

--
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
-Herodotus

http://nlpagan.net - Linux by Mandrake - Sylpheed by Hiro



More information about the Xfce mailing list