font on bus

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:20 pm

i logged on today and the font on BUS is totally different than it always is. whatever i type, the names of things, links, posts, EVERYTHING.. is in some weird new font.

any reason for this? it's legible, but if someone could help me, i'd like to change it back to how it was before.

Laura · Post by **Laura** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:31 pm

Presumably you haven't changed theme?

As far as I know, we haven't altered any fonts. So it's more likely to be your browser settings. Have a look in your browser preferences, and perhaps also at any accessibility settings on your computer.

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:33 pm

i went to google and a few other websites to see if it was just BUS, and it isn't. internet explorer also has Courier New as it's font now (i don't remember what it was before). so it's not just BUS.. but i want to fix it.

i went to the font themes in my settings on internet explorer and it only gave me a choice of like, 4 fonts.. courier new being the "plainest" one. i don't know why i don't have the choices i had previously.. my dad said he 'updated' internet explorer last night, but surely there must be a way to undo the font change?

someone please let me know

Post by **Spidey** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:51 pm

what operating system do you use?

also check what pages are "encoded" in by default

you an do that by going to edit (or view) > character encoding. it should either say western or unicode.

have you installed any new fonts lately? sometimes that messes up settings

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:22 pm

sorry but how do i know what operating system i use? (does this mean like, AOL?)

my encoding says unicode

if any new fonts were installed the computer did it, i don't know how to download new fonts

pinky · Post by **pinky** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:28 pm

i checked my internet explorer...i went to internet options then fonts and when the fonts box opens...look underneath where it says 'Web page font'...mine is set to 'Times New Roman', which i thnk is the default font for web pages cause i never use internet explorer...you mite have to scroll down the list until you get to it...click on the font you want...then click on okay...

hope that helps, B3autifu2l37...

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:43 pm

i think i did that already, on the left side it has times new roman, but on the right it has courier new.

does anyone know how to take a picture of my screen? because then i can copy it here and show you what i'm talking about

Aly · Post by **Aly** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:49 pm

ctrl + print screen will take a picture of the screen

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:52 pm

i'm holding down control and hitting the "print screen" button but nothing's happening.

perhaps it made the picture, but i don't know how to find it?

Aly · Post by **Aly** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:59 pm

Oh, then go into paint or something and paste it (ctrl + v) and then it should show up...

Sorry for not finishing the explaination

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:06 pm

its fine! thanks so much aly.. here's my screen:

i know the left side of the fonts says "webpage fonts", but it's not coming up as times new roman- it's coming up as courier new or whatever.

sorry if that picture is confusing or something!

maenad · Post by **maenad** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:19 am

When I got my last lot of windows updates it changed all my fonts too - perhaps that is what happened?

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:25 am

OMG. now that you mentioned it, my computers been popping up "windows has updates" for a few days.. and now it's gone (meaning someone in my family already updated these things). and a bunch more different things are on here that weren't before.

do you know how to fix this? not that it's really a big deal anymore, i've gotten used to it by now

Anistasia · Post by **Anistasia** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:51 pm

Well, my first suggestion would be to uninstall that horrid Internet Explorer 7!!!! but hey, just cause i hated it, doesnt mean everyone else will. lol

did the trouble start after the new version of IE was installed? or was it some other random update? You can safely uninstall IE7 and go back to using IE6, you may try uninstalling it to see if that fixes the problem.

also in Plain Text font select Courier New if it isnt already selected.

umm, or just be cool like some people and download Mozilla Firefox

Nils · Post by **Nils** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:16 am

Anistasia wrote:Well, my first suggestion would be to uninstall that horrid Internet Explorer 7!!!! but hey, just cause i hated it, doesnt mean everyone else will. lol

I'd actually advise against this. If, for example, you wish to download things from the Microsoft website, you may need Internet Explorer. Just because IE7 is installed on your computer doesn't mean you have to use it.

I'd recommend trying either Opera or Firefox. I prefer Opera, but most other people I know prefer Firefox. Both are good.

Nightfall · Post by **Nightfall** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:19 am

Nils wrote:
Anistasia wrote:Well, my first suggestion would be to uninstall that horrid Internet Explorer 7!!!! but hey, just cause i hated it, doesnt mean everyone else will. lol
I'd actually advise against this. If, for example, you wish to download things from the Microsoft website, you may need Internet Explorer. Just because IE7 is installed on your computer doesn't mean you have to use it.

I'd recommend trying either Opera or Firefox. I prefer Opera, but most other people I know prefer Firefox. Both are good.

yay for opera - best brwoser around

and yesm you may need IE every once at a while...totally agree with Nils

Anistasia · Post by **Anistasia** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:15 pm

By uninstalling IE7, it just automatically goes back to IE6. you dont have to go completly IE free, just back to the previous version

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