Installed Dingbat font won't display in Firefox

autumnmoon · 12-20-2009, 10:19 PM

I installed a dingbat font to decorate my chapter headings. The dingbats displayed correctly in IE and in the LIT file I generated using readerworks. However, it did not display correctly when I opened the html file in Mozilla Firefox in the same computer.

So for Chapter 1 instead of

Dingbat 1 dingbat

it showed up as

M 1 m

I'm new to html and would appreiate some help.

frabjous · 12-21-2009, 12:55 PM

What version of firefox was it?

Could you post the relevant HTML code here?

autumnmoon · 12-22-2009, 12:50 AM

Thanks, I also used Frontpage to make the html file. Maybe that has something to do with it? Oh, and Firefox version is 3.5.6.

Code:

<style>

body{
font-family:"Georgia", serif;
}

h1{
font-family:"Bookman Old Style", serif;
font-size:300%;
text-align:center;
}

span.decorate{
font-family:"Nymphette";
}

</style>

<body>
<h1><span class="decorate">e</span>1<span class="decorate">f</span></h1>
</body>

frabjous · 12-22-2009, 10:57 AM

Nymphette is the exact name of the dingbat font in question? And it's installed? I don't see why this shouldn't work. I sure as heck can't see why it would be "M 1 m" rather than "e1f".

I used your code... adding only <html> and </html> at the beginning and end, and <head>... </head> before and after <style>...</style> (which I assume you had elsewhere), and changed the font names to ones I had installed, and it worked just fine in Firefox 3.5.6 for Ubuntu.

12-20-2009, 10:19 PM	#1
autumnmoon Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: none	Installed Dingbat font won't display in Firefox I installed a dingbat font to decorate my chapter headings. The dingbats displayed correctly in IE and in the LIT file I generated using readerworks. However, it did not display correctly when I opened the html file in Mozilla Firefox in the same computer. So for Chapter 1 instead of Dingbat 1 dingbat it showed up as M 1 m I'm new to html and would appreiate some help.

12-22-2009, 12:50 AM	#3
autumnmoon Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: none	Thanks, I also used Frontpage to make the html file. Maybe that has something to do with it? Oh, and Firefox version is 3.5.6. Code: <style> body{ font-family:"Georgia", serif; } h1{ font-family:"Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size:300%; text-align:center; } span.decorate{ font-family:"Nymphette"; } </style> <body> <h1><span class="decorate">e</span>1<span class="decorate">f</span></h1> </body> Last edited by autumnmoon; 12-22-2009 at 12:52 AM.

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12-21-2009, 12:55 PM	#2
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	What version of firefox was it? Could you post the relevant HTML code here?

12-22-2009, 10:57 AM	#4
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	Nymphette is the exact name of the dingbat font in question? And it's installed? I don't see why this shouldn't work. I sure as heck can't see why it would be "M 1 m" rather than "e1f". I used your code... adding only <html> and </html> at the beginning and end, and <head>... </head> before and after <style>...</style> (which I assume you had elsewhere), and changed the font names to ones I had installed, and it worked just fine in Firefox 3.5.6 for Ubuntu.

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