User:Yoshigev/SandBox

Test
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@font-face { font-family: DoulosSIL_wiki; src: url("file:///c:/DoulosSILR_wiki_en.eot"); } .IPA { font-family: DoulosSIL_wiki, "Chrysanthi Unicode", "Doulos SIL", Gentium, GentiumAlt, Code2000, "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Cyberbit", "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", "Matrix Unicode"; /*font-family: test123;*/ font-size:155%; }

Troubleshooting
If you encounter some characters that appear as blocks or as question marks, it is probably due to problems with the selection of the proper font.

It can be because you don't have an appropriate font installed on your system, or because the browser doesn't choose the correct font.

Missing font
In order to check if your system has a font capable to display the special characters, try to copy them from the browser and paste them as "unformatted Unicode text" to a word processor (in Microsoft Word using: Edit → Paste special → Unformatted Unicode text).

Many word processors (such as Word) chooses a font that can display the pasted text. So, if the characters are displayed correctly, you have an appropriate font installed. If not, try installing one of the fonts discussed of later on this page.

Browser font selection
As it goes, it all depends on your browser.

If you have Firefox, Opera or Safari, the selection is made automatically by the browser, so there is no need to.

In Internet Explorer 6, the font selection is determined by a CSS predifined by wikipedia. It lists a fonts

As some of the special characters require specific fonts, it is sometimes the case that they are shown as blocks or as question marks. This can result from missing fonts or from the browser not choosing the correct font.

If you are using Firefox, Opera or Safari, the selection of the font is made automatically. In such a case, you just need to

This Embedded OpenType (EOT) font file was created from the Doulos SIL font, using Microsoft's Web Embedding Fonts Tool.


 * It contains all the characters from the font (no subsetting).
 * It will only work for pages under "en.wikipedia.org" (as was defined in 'allowed roots').

Example of usage: @font-face { font-family: DoulosSIL_wiki; src: url; } .IPA { font-family: DoulosSIL_wiki, "Chrysanthi Unicode", "Doulos SIL", Gentium, GentiumAlt, Code2000, "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Cyberbit", "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", "Matrix Unicode"; font-size:125%; }