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Okay, quick lesson on how fonts work on the internet: the website does not supply the font, the browser does. So, when you have a block of text in Times New Roman, what's happening is that the website is saying 'Okay, and this bit? Display it in Times New Roman', and it is the browser that has to decide what 'Times New Roman' looks like.I don't exactly know where to put this query/request, but is it be possible to use or import exotic fonts? I'm rather fond of Kingthings Petrock or Alte Schwabacher, for fantasy quests. Runes (though classic Futhark or Futhorc over Tolkien runes), Enochian, Alphabet of the Magi would also be awesome.
Really? I have the fonts installed on my computer, and I can't display them on QQ at all even just for me.Okay, quick lesson on how fonts work on the internet: the website does not supply the font, the browser does. So, when you have a block of text in Times New Roman, what's happening is that the website is saying 'Okay, and this bit? Display it in Times New Roman', and it is the browser that has to decide what 'Times New Roman' looks like.
This means that, even if QQ was updated to allow those fonts, they would only work for people who have them installed on their computer. Anybody else, their browser would just go 'You want me to display this text in "Kingthings Petrock"? WTF is "Kingthings Petrock"? Bah, I'll just use my default font instead.'
You can use a number of different fonts here, yes. The fonts QQ supports are what are called 'web-safe fonts' - standard fonts that nearly all computers and browsers support.Really? I thought QQ could use different fonts. Or what am I doing now?
Yes, because QQ restricts the fonts you are allowed to post in to a specific list. If the fonts you are asking for were added to that list, they would work for you, but not for anybody else who didn't have them installed.Really? I have the fonts installed on my computer, and I can't display them on QQ at all even just for me.
Really? Which site, which fonts, and how do you know they weren't installed? Because that shouldn't be possible, unless the site was sending you the text as images or something. (Unless, maybe, somebody's come up with some sort of HTML extension to allow sites to provide custom fonts on demand? If so, I haven't hear of it.)Conversely, on another website I was able to read fonts that were not installed on my computer at the time.
Alte Schwarbacher on Anonkun.Really? Which site, which fonts, and how do you know they weren't installed? Because that shouldn't be possible, unless the site was sending you the text as images or something. (Unless, maybe, somebody's come up with some sort of HTML extension to allow sites to provide custom fonts on demand? If so, I haven't hear of it.)
*shrugs*
Most everything you explained is correct, except this. It's possible to serve custom fonts stored in Web Open Font Format (WOFF) using CSS @font-face rules. Google serves quite a few public fonts in that manner. (for example, the Josefin font; you can see what it looks like here, though those are just images, not downloaded)Really? Which site, which fonts, and how do you know they weren't installed? Because that shouldn't be possible, unless the site was sending you the text as images or something. (Unless, maybe, somebody's come up with some sort of HTML extension to allow sites to provide custom fonts on demand? If so, I haven't hear of it.)
Ah, neat. You learn something new every day. Proposed in 2009, which is why I had not heard of it; my last formal schooling in HTML was back in high school.Most everything you explained is correct, except this. It's possible to serve custom fonts stored in Web Open Font Format (WOFF) using CSS @font-face rules. Google serves quite a few public fonts in that manner. (for example, the Josefin font; you can see what it looks like here, though those are just images, not downloaded)
Done.On Dark Responsive (Green), the spoiler-box background color is currently #4E4E4E, which seems unusually bright. Could it be brought down to at least the color of the quote-box background, #303030?
That was probably me, could you be specific and possibly provide screenshots. I'll take a look at it tomorrow if no one else has.Has something changed in the Blackend-Green style recently? The outline colour on some popup-style dialogues, such as the Watch/Unwatch thread dialogue, is a much brighter green than I remember it being.
Never mind; it seems to have gone back to normal. For reference, see the green outline on the dialogue box in this image? For a while, it was showing up as a bright, lime green, rather than the muted green you see there, which was rather glaring and clashed terribly with the rest of the theme.That was probably me, could you be specific and possibly provide screenshots. I'll take a look at it tomorrow if no one else has.
Oh, Blackend-Green, yeah I was sleepy and thought you said Dark Responsive (Green). Yeah I haven't touched Blackend-Green in a long while.Never mind; it seems to have gone back to normal. For reference, see the green outline on the dialogue box in this image? For a while, it was showing up as a bright, lime green, rather than the muted green you see there, which was rather glaring and clashed terribly with the rest of the theme.
Would it be possible to get a preference to change the date format? In particular, I'd like it if there were a way to see times, as well as dates, on timestamps older than a few days. It would also be nice to be able to use my preferred 24-hour clock.
In particular, I'd like it if there were a way to see times, as well as dates, on timestamps older than a few days.
It would also be nice to be able to use my preferred 24-hour clock.
Didn't know that. Thanks! (I'd still prefer an alternate date format that just shows the time outright, but this is workable.)
You have to use [xtable], with the table components defined using braces like {tbody} instead of brackets.Is there support for the TABLE function in BBC Code? I didn't see it mentioned on the help page and I'm not getting it to work.
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