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mashru · 08-18-2013, 02:45 PM

Two Windows 7 computers where difference showed up were at two locations. So it was difficult to compare them fully. Now I have been reproduced the issue on XP and Windows 7. Windows 7 works fine. XP does not.

The ebook has non English characters and ebbok uses custom (embedded) unicode font to display non English characters. In book view, the text shows up correctly using the embedded fonts.

The problem is only in code view. Per the documentation, the preference section defines the monospaced font to use in code view. Both computers used mono-spaced Consolas. To be sure, I took Consolas fonts files from Windows 7 and moved to XP (I deleted origianl XP fonts and copied Windows 7 fonts in the font directory). I verified by deleting Consolas font that Sigil is reading the same font directory to select monspaced fonts. The problem remained.

Clearly, all of the three computers are not totally identical. The fonts used as shown in the preference section are identical. It appears to me that Sigil uses some additional information/fonts in the code view.

Help? I am so confused.

08-18-2013, 02:45 PM	#4
mashru Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 12 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: ipad, android and kindle	Difference in fonts on the two computers Two Windows 7 computers where difference showed up were at two locations. So it was difficult to compare them fully. Now I have been reproduced the issue on XP and Windows 7. Windows 7 works fine. XP does not. The ebook has non English characters and ebbok uses custom (embedded) unicode font to display non English characters. In book view, the text shows up correctly using the embedded fonts. The problem is only in code view. Per the documentation, the preference section defines the monospaced font to use in code view. Both computers used mono-spaced Consolas. To be sure, I took Consolas fonts files from Windows 7 and moved to XP (I deleted origianl XP fonts and copied Windows 7 fonts in the font directory). I verified by deleting Consolas font that Sigil is reading the same font directory to select monspaced fonts. The problem remained. Clearly, all of the three computers are not totally identical. The fonts used as shown in the preference section are identical. It appears to me that Sigil uses some additional information/fonts in the code view. Help? I am so confused.