- From: Yung-Fong Tang <ftang@netscape.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:52:38 -0800
- To: Yoshito_Umaoka@lotus.co.jp
- CC: Mislav Kos <mkos@us.ibm.com>, www-international@w3.org
Received on Monday, 17 December 2001 13:53:44 UTC
Netscape 4.x do NOT support Arabic. Ues Netscape 6.x http://home.netscape.com/computing/download/index.html?cp=hophb2 Yoshito_Umaoka@lotus.co.jp wrote: >>Unfortunately, UTF-8 is a relatively new encoding with limited support in >>older browser versions. For example, when I open the HTML file included >> >in > >>this email below in my 4.72 Netscape browser, the text that's shown in >> >the > >>HTML form is incorrect. The text right above it, on the other hand, is >>correct. Furthermore, if you try to type Arabic into the text field, >> >you'll > >>get incorrect letters. >> > >You need to set proper fonts for Unicode encoding on Netscape 4.x. >By default, they are all Latin fonts in Netscape English version. > >On Netscape 4.7x, you can change fonts used for UTF-8 pages by >following steps. > >1. Select [Edit - Preferences...] from the menu >2. In the "Preferences" dialog box, select "Appearance - Fonts" on > the category tree displayed left side. >3. Select "Unicode" at "For the Encoding" field >4. Set proper fonts in "Variable Width Font" and "Fixed Width Font" > fields. > >Set a font which can display Arabic text to the Arabic text section >by style sheet might resolve this configuration issue. > >-Yoshito Umaoka >
Received on Monday, 17 December 2001 13:53:44 UTC