180607 - Euro sign doesn't show on page if using Verdana font

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Internationalization, defect)

Description

[Olivier Cahagne]

Build ID: 20021116 on Linux.

Some Web sites (not all) don't show the euro sign correctly on Linux,

Didn't find dupes on this besides 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Load URL http://www.dvdpascher.net/
2. Check for "squares" following numbers, which stand for a Euro sign,
3. Select this text including the square,
4. Right click for context menu and it will show "Search Google for ..." with
the correct euro sign.

The euro sign will also show if you paste the content in some form or if you
view source.

related: bug 5817, bug 36166, bug 158129 (the testcase wfm).

Comment 1

[Olivier Cahagne]

Attachment: Screenshot

Comment 2

[Olivier Cahagne]

Attachment: xlsfonts output

Comment 3

[Olivier Cahagne]

Problem disappears if I specify Phoenix to "Use my fonts", which is
"adobe-times-iso8859-1 for serif (Western).

Comment 4

[Olivier Cahagne]

Attachment: Testcase

This happens because of the Verdana font, it works on Win32 systems though.

Comment 5

[R.K.Aa.]

WFM, MS Verdana on a current trunk CVS, Linux. Older versions of the MS verdana
font didn't have the euro sign. I had to update the font to make it display.

Comment 6

[Olivier Cahagne]

It works fine with updated verdana fonts.
Is it worth a release note (as there's no more public microsoft.com font
resource http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/ ) ?

Comment 7

[R.K.Aa.]

The upgraded fonts containing the Euro sign are - to my knowledge - available
from Microsoft. Various versions are available, for different languages.
An english version is currently found here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wufeatured/w95europatch/default.asp

You need a utility like "cabextract" to unpack them (found at freshmeat).
Note: I haven't tested the particular fontset above - handle with care.

Comment 8

[Simon Montagu :smontagu]

So is this WORKSFORME?

Comment 9

[Torben]

Due to comments 5 and 6

Comment 10

[Yuying Long]

Mark as verified based on comments above.