Posted by carolyn on 07/16/06 10:16

Andrew wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:45:02 -0400, carolyn <cajunk@marenger.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Andrew wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have set a small sample of Ancient Greek that I was hoping an
>>> obliging Linux user and an obliging Mac user could have a look at to
>>> see if it renders ok. Screen capture would be great:
>>
>>Here is the screen capture. I hope it helps!
>>
>>http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreekSample.png
>>
>>Carolyn
>
> Hi Carolyn,
>
> Thanks very much for that! Your browser actually broke the text, so I
> have a little more work to do! Looks like it spat the dummy with every
> single accent and breathing mark and placed a box instead.
>
> "Bitstream Vera Sans" has been suggested to me so I have added this in
> the hope that the Linux browsers will have a bit more success :-)
>
> If you have the time, and I know I am pushing it a little here, can
> you have one more look for me with the new font added?
>
> Thanks very much for your trouble,
>
> Andrew.

I do have the time, and I will take it a step further. As Toby stated, it
seems to be a konqueror issue, not a linux issue. Firefox, Epophany, and
Opera all seem to work just fine. My two text browsers choke on it too,
but that is probably a matter of what fonts are available to those
browsers.

http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Konqueror.png
http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Firefox.png
http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Epiphany.png
http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Opera.png
http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Lynx.png
http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/ancientGreek-Links.png

Good luck,

Carolyn
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Carolyn Marenger

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