How did Tapioca Dextrin get his (her?) sig like that?

Example here:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=152425
Howzat?

I assume it’s some sort of dingbat font. Lessee . . . yeah, webdings.

your humble TubaDiva
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You can use any font with the Font tag. Just type in the correct name, and it’ll show up on preview. This only works if the people reading your message have the same font installed on their computer.
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Interesting. Thanks!

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Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

Is that why I’m having trouble with my scrolling?

So what happens if you don’t have the particular font?
How do you install it?

I seem to get them installed automatically when I accidently land in an Asian site. I have no Asian fonts in my \Fonts folder but they are clearly appearing on those sites as text, not graphics, because I can highlight individual symbols.

So is there like an automatic system for certain fonts or certain web pages?

Well, no worries…I can’t think of any instance I’d want to use those, other than a test post.

True :smiley: