# Font sampler

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-sampler/314387>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 27, 2005, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-sampler/314387 "2005-07-27T09:30:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-sampler/314387/21 "2005-07-29T20:11:51Z")

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> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#):
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> Just for chuckles:
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> Webdings enabled?

Now, that’s interesting. On my home computer (Windows XP and Firefox) the Webdings appeared as the words I’d typed, in a default font. Here on my work computer (Windows NT and IE), what I typed: [font=webdings]Webdings enabled?[/font] appears as Webdings.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-sampler/314387/22 "2005-07-29T22:23:25Z")

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> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#):
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> Now, that’s interesting. On my home computer (Windows XP and Firefox) the Webdings appeared…

There are some funny browser issues with fonts. Apparently some versions of IE only recognize a subset of the fonts installed on your system. Other browsers have quirks too.  
Some of those got discussed in this thread:  
[How Do Some Members Get Pictures into Their Signatures?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293353&highlight=fonts+browser)

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-sampler/314387/23 "2005-07-29T23:30:43Z")

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::cranks up Suitcase::

'Let’s see…

Lincoln  
Linus  
Frankenstein

::preview::

::disabled smilies in text to get rid of green guy sticking his tongue out + “review”::

Wow, cool!

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