X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ad54ccbe0dbbaa19 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-27 07:46:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!231.142.hh1.ip.foni.NET!not-for-mail From: Philip Newton Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: BUG!! what font?? Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:48:15 +0100 Organization: very little Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: "Philip 'Yes, that's my address' Newton" NNTP-Posting-Host: 231.142.hh1.ip.foni.net (212.7.142.231) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1012146404 38134726 212.7.142.231 (16 [11583]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14127 On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 12:58:05 +0000 (UTC), "badstyle" wrote: > no, bug has got to be posting in arial He's posting in plain ASCII, not HTML. There's no way to specify a font from his end; it's all on your end. > otherwise my newsreader would pick it up [OE6] I've set the newreader to > display all fixedwidth fonts and newsgroup posts in courier new/lucida > console [respectively] yet bug's posts still come through in arial. Check the newsgroup headers, specifically the "Content-type" header and look for "Charset". See what happens when different charsets are specified. I'll try to test it. > why would this happen, if they are posted in a fixed width font???? Because you set the fonts only for Western European and bug is posting with a Central European charset. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.