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Standard Web Fonts No Longer Supported In Vista-> 0

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BladesP9

on Friday October 19 2007, @11:21AM

BladesP9 writes "Beginning with Vista, Microsoft is no longer packaging the standard Web Core Fonts that it has since the late 1990s. "With the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft has unleashed something quite new on the Web — the "C" fonts; Cambria, Calibri, Candara, Consolas, Constantia, and Corbel." The article goes on to state that "If you're a web designer and not using Vista then this download is mandatory since it will let you see your page as your Vista users see it." This means all of the web sites I have been developing with Arial, Helvetica and Verdana for the last ten years are now going to have display issues because of the new fonts. Lovely."
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Comment: Re:I'm not so worried about Google's intentions... (Score 1) 242

by BladesP9 on Monday April 23 2007, @06:30PM (#18846695) Attached to: Outcry Over Google's Purchase of Doubleclick

I am puzzled, but not surprised - if that makes any sense. Most of the time I hear that Microsoft is bad for being a monopoly - but now it is somehow not a big deal for Google to be one in terms of user data. Is it only OK because it's Google and you now need to find a way to justify the love and devotion that has been poured over them for years from various sources? Or do you really believe that one company's greed is another's virtue? Sorry - I just don't get it. I'm getting very wary of Google now. Is there some other smaller upstart with a good idea worth getting behind? And if so how long until Google sues them.