Quantity of sorts composing of a complete character set of a single style of a particular typeface.
Questions tagged [fonts]
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Difference between OTF (Open Type) or TTF (True Type) font formats?
On a Mac, when I'm downloading fonts am often given the choice between OTF (OpenType Format) and TTF (TrueType Format).
Is there any difference in the way ligatures work or anything between the two formats?
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How can the font size be changed in Notepad++?
How can the font size be changed in Notepad++?
I just downloaded and installed Notepad++ v5.4.5 (I have been using
UltraEdit for the last 11.5 years) and can not find a menu
command for changing the screen font. I want to change it to
Lucida Console…
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How to know which fonts are used in selected part of a PDF document
I'm using Foxit Reader as default PDF viewer. How can I see what type of font is used for a selected part of a PDF document?
(If this can only be done with another software, I'd prefer a freeware as I don't want to pay for just viewing selected…
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Unable to install fonts on Windows 10
I'm using Windows 10 x64 Pro and I'm unable to preview or install fonts.
When I try to preview a font (double click or Right Click >> Preview), I get an error message that reads "The requested file is not a valid font file" as shown in…
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How do I change the default font of Sticky Notes?
How can the default font be changed for the Windows 7 Sticky Notes application? I can't stand that faux handwriting font it uses.
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How to fix font anti-aliasing in IntelliJ IDEA when using high DPI?
I use a higher DPI setting which makes IntelliJ (actually Android Studio) have really messed up fonts.
I use MacType which renders my fonts beautifully elsewhere, but I guess Java VM somehow intercepts it or something, it's killing me.
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How can I use Font Awesome in Photoshop and Fireworks?
So I downloaded Font Awesome and installed the font. Now I'd like to use this font in my designs in Photoshop and Fireworks.
How would I do that?
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How can I improve font appearance in google chrome?
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On the left is firefox 4, on the right is chrome 12. Is there a way to make chrome render prettier fonts?
The above image was taken on windows xp. Below is another example from windows 7.
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Find all the fonts used in a Photoshop file
I have this .psd (Photoshop file) and I'm trying to convert it to HTML & CSS.
Only thing I can't determine is what font they used in the .psd
How can I find out what fonts were used in the Photoshop file?
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How to find out current font used in my Emacs?
How to find out current font used in my Emacs?
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Increase/Decrease Font Size in iTerm2
Issue:
I use laptop on the go, and connect to external monitor when in the office. Given that the external monitor is very large, I need to increase fonts in the existing iTerm2 window (usually one) and all tabs.
Workaround:
I scale the fonts up…
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Cannot change powershell default font to Lucida Console
This is a trivial problem, but it annoys me that I can't get to the bottom of it:
I'm running Windows 8, Powershell version 3.0. By right-clicking on the title bar I can go into the Properties and change the font, size, background colour etc without…
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Merging two fonts
How can I combine two fonts automatically, so glyphs those are not available in the first font, but available in second one can be merged into the first font?
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Why are some characters in monospaced fonts not really monospaced?
The line lengths in this code section in the original question are not equal. See below for the corrected version. I'm unsure as to how this may have affected the images in question
| entity | characters |
| --- | --- |
| tab …
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Better Ubuntu Fonts
I have been using Ubuntu for a while. I like it. I like it a lot.
But once in a while, when I switch to Windows, I feel better because I really like the font. It feels really much pleasant to watch windows font.
I installed windows fonts on my…
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