# just testing **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855 "2003-08-08T17:23:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Throatwobbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@Throatwobbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwobbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/21 "2003-08-11T12:24:53Z")
Just testing. [This is a link.](http://not.a.valid.link) ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/22 "2003-08-11T12:55:06Z")
Symbol font weirdness [in Konqueror 3.1.3](http://ada.brynmawr.edu/~kquah/konqsnap.gif) [in Mozilla Firebird 0.6](http://ada.brynmawr.edu/~kquah/mozsnap.gif) Excerpt from /etc/X11/XF86Config: > [@](#): > > #FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/” > FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled” > FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled” > FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled” > FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/” > FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/” > FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/” > #FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/” > FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/” > FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/” excerpt from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.dir: > [@](#): > > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2 > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-3 > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-4 > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-5 > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-8 > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-9 > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-10 > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-13 > ariali.ttf -monotype-Arial-medium-i-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-15 > webdings.ttf -microsoft-Webdings-medium-r-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > webdings.ttf -microsoft-Webdings-medium-r-normal–0-0-0-0-p-0-microsoft-symbol Possible diagnosis: [ul] [li]missing symbol font[/li][li]Mozilla ignores FontPath declarations in /etc/X11/XF86Config[/li][li]Mozilla lacks support for TrueType fonts[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/23 "2003-08-12T23:03:06Z")
www.riverblue.com/hughes/trivia2.html ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/24 "2003-08-13T03:26:39Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/25 "2003-08-13T07:39:33Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/26 "2003-08-13T11:08:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amore ac studio \* > Symbol font weirdness > > Possible diagnosis: > [ul] > [li]missing symbol font[/li][li]Mozilla ignores FontPath declarations in /etc/X11/XF86Config[/li][li]Mozilla lacks support for TrueType fonts[/li][/ul] I don’t know about Konqueror, but [Mozilla lacks support for non-ISO-8859-1 fonts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120922). ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/27 "2003-08-13T14:10:12Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Achernar_ > I don’t know about Konqueror, but [Mozilla lacks support for non-ISO-8859-1 fonts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120922). Not quite. I just found this [fix for Windows](http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/Wfonts.html) and this [fix for Linux](http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/Xfonts.html). ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/28 "2003-08-13T19:50:32Z")
I’m testing size codes… normal size4 [small]small[/small] ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/29 "2003-08-13T19:54:14Z")
and one more… size1 ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/30 "2003-08-13T20:40:41Z")
[vB code explained](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?s=&action=bbcode) Apparently URLs need not be quoted in a tag. Let’s experiment. no quotes; no protocol specified [no quotes; http protocol specified](http://www.cut-the-knot.org) [quotes; no protocol specified] ([www.cut-the-knot.org](http://www.cut-the-knot.org)) [quotes; http protocol specified] ([http://www.cut-the-knot.org](http://www.cut-the-knot.org)) Now disable automatic parsing of URLs, and test it out. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/31 "2003-08-13T23:53:36Z")
i ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/32 "2003-08-13T23:56:06Z")
^ 🙂 :smack: :rolleyes: [www.www.com](http://www.www.com) ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/33 "2003-08-14T01:06:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amore ac studio \* > Not quite. I just found this [fix for Windows](http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/Wfonts.html) and this [fix for Linux](http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/Xfonts.html). By Mozilla, of course I meant the implementation of Mozilla that you took that screenshot with, not just any old Mozilla. 😉 Though I may run that fix. Thanks for the link! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/34 "2003-08-14T05:09:35Z")
hello… tap tap tap… Is this thing on? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/35 "2003-08-16T02:32:10Z")
**around** ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/36 "2003-08-16T05:22:59Z")
Sig test. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/37 "2003-08-16T05:35:10Z")
BBC’s website is notorious for spelling mistakes and gramatical errors. In titles ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/38 "2003-08-16T11:30:15Z")
Just testing a new sig, don’t mind me. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/39 "2003-08-16T13:24:29Z")
[www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/PDF/food2.pdf+refreeze+meat+texture&hl=en&ie=UTF-8](http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:KiPtDsEi0c4J:%5Burl) "]food spoilage guide ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855/40 "2003-08-16T13:56:02Z")
[www.ag.uiuc.edu/](http://www.google.com/:%5Burl)"]food spoilage guide [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/193855.md?page=3)