Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations strongm on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

How to make the Euro symbol truly Arial on IE? 3

Status
Not open for further replies.
Sleidia

Sleidia

Technical User
May 4, 2001
1,284
FR

Hi,

I've noticed that, IE doesn't display the Arial version of the Euro symbol when all the other browsers I've tested do ( Opera, FF, Safari ). I've tested on sites other than mine and the problem remains.

So, is this something with my computer or is it some well known issue? (found nothing on Google)

Thanks :)
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
How are you producing the euro symbol? It appears fine for me in IE6, IE7, FF and Safari. I'm using the standard € construct to produce it.

___________________________________________________________
If you want the best response to a question, please check out FAQ222-2244 first.
'If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?'
Drive a Steam Roller
Steam Engine Prints
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
There may be something about your setup in that case. The actual font used is normally derived from the OS. Are you using an old (or odd) OS perhaps?

___________________________________________________________
If you want the best response to a question, please check out FAQ222-2244 first.
'If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?'
Drive a Steam Roller
Steam Engine Prints
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
John, can you confirm that what you see on IE is the symbol on the left side of the pic I've posted?

I'm asking this because I've tested on a different computer (still with Vista) and the symbol wasn't Arial like in FF.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
This gives me an Arial Euro symbol in IE6, IE7 on Win XP:

Code: 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">[/URL]
<html lang="en">
<head>
	<title>Euro Test</title>

	<style type="text/css">
		body {
			font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
			font-size: 200%;
		}

	</style>
</head>

<body>
	That will be &euro;100.
</body>
</html>

However, if I add "font-weight:bold", then in IE7 only, the Euro symbol changes into a serif font. So is your Euro bold? If so, try making it non-bold.

Perhaps you should see if MS have an Arial font update avaiable (I know they released one a few years back with a Euro symbol patch in it).

Hope this helps,
Dan



Coedit Limited - Delivering standards compliant, accessible web solutions

[tt]Dan's Page [blue]@[/blue] Code Couch
[/tt]
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Dan has it spot on!

___________________________________________________________
If you want the best response to a question, please check out FAQ222-2244 first.
'If we're supposed to work in Hex, why have we only got A fingers?'
Drive a Steam Roller
Steam Engine Prints
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
wow, thanks Dan :)

Why in hell can't IE7 display euro in Arial and bold???
I wanted it bold! :(
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Just to let you know, I've been in touch with a chap from Microsoft's Typography department, and after trying a few things, he's going to forward the bug to the IE team.

Great news :)

Dan



Coedit Limited - Delivering standards compliant, accessible web solutions

[tt]Dan's Page [blue]@[/blue] Code Couch
[/tt]
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Cool, thanks! :)
Too bad I'll have to wait for IE10 ahaha ;)
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Thanks Dan :)
Do you think a patch will be released in a near future?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

lmcate
  • Locked
  • Question
From HTML Page open an MDB files on the server and work
Replies
0
Views
115
lmcate
lmcate
cae154
  • Locked
  • Question
Body of email not appearing in correct font on iPhone and iPad
Replies
1
Views
422
spamjim
spamjim
bdwilcox
  • Locked
  • Question
More efficient / manageable way to code this HTA w/ VBScript?
Replies
0
Views
373
bdwilcox
bdwilcox
Mike Lewis
  • Locked
  • Question
How to refresh a Javascript file in the browser's cache?
Replies
4
Views
653
Mike Lewis
Mike Lewis
soni21
  • Locked
  • Question
JavaScript String to Number Conversion in HTML: Seeking Clarification
Replies
4
Views
734
Chris Miller
Chris Miller

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor

Back
Top