Veryan Lithônion
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Post by Veryan Lithônion on Jan 28, 2010 11:17:45 GMT
Don't worry it is nothing ever too serious but I was wondering why it is that the fonts look so small to me and I can't for example read the dialogues Selphia posts? It appears with errors like:
Whão£'s that?/>
Thank you for your time!
P.S. I use a Mac (Safari)
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Merlin Emrys
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Post by Merlin Emrys on Jan 28, 2010 11:27:33 GMT
Arthur's probably best to answer that as he's the computing whizz. Apparently, it all depends on whether people write their posts beforehand in a word processor that uses rich text formatting, because then when it's copied and pasted into proboards the " and ' symbols are different.
I'm sure Arthur will explain this better so I'll wait for him to come online.
As for font size, everything shows up a reasonable size on my PC (firefox) which I think is what Arthur uses as well. There's definitely some code which restricts altering font size, but I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it...
Again, Arthur's the coding/computer genius, I'm sure he'll know. Sorry I couldn't be more help!
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Post by Selphia Dek on Jan 28, 2010 11:30:05 GMT
is there something i can do to stop it.
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Veryan Lithônion
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Post by Veryan Lithônion on Jan 28, 2010 11:33:55 GMT
I am sure that code has something to do with the font's size since I also know a bit about coding though also I think that perhaps when you write dialogues you should simply use ""? Because so far this doesn't happen with Rowen's or Diana's dialogues, I read most of them fine so that could be it. Though not sure hehehe...
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Post by Prince Arthur Pendragon on Jan 28, 2010 21:23:33 GMT
*comes swooshing int o the rescue* or at least tries to... Basically to stop the weird text---- DO NOT WRITE YOUR POSTS IN WORD  its fine to write them in notepad or wordpad etc but microsoft word has this riduculous rich text thing which means the " and ' show up as symbols that look like little tiny 6's and 9's (if you get me...) and that means proboards gets all confused and goes "arrrgh!!! @>£$"
In regards to the text size....it is most likely your internet settings. I use a mac a lot too and i never have a problem, and i use safari on here occasionally and again- no problem.
Try going to the little settings (top right) and choosing "preferences", then the "appearances" tab. You have the option of choosing how big the text is on there  and that should help!
lemme know if there is anymore problems, but i can guarantee its nothing to do with my marvellous code....yet.... |
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Veryan Lithônion
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Post by Veryan Lithônion on Jan 28, 2010 21:36:59 GMT
No, my problem is not on my computer but when I read Selphia's replies, it only happens then; the rest of the posts from other people are readable as the other forums I have been on I only have a problem with her posts that's all, when I read her replies in this forum the dialogues go as you stated.
Thanks anyway XD
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Post by Prince Arthur Pendragon on Jan 28, 2010 21:45:40 GMT
so only selphias posts are showing up small? it is selphias posts that are causing the problem as she must be writing them in word etc for those characters to show. I see them too and im on a Windows laptop with firefox right now |
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Veryan Lithônion
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Post by Veryan Lithônion on Jan 28, 2010 21:52:08 GMT
Yes I only have problems viewing Selphias posts XD alright then if she did not use Word it would be fine lol I sometimes have to guess what her character is saying lol!!
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Post by Prince Arthur Pendragon on Jan 28, 2010 22:02:48 GMT
she posts in italics lol that is probably where the trouble is lol if your default text settings are set at say...14pt the fact she writes in italics will make it look smaller and although everyone elses is ok hers will appear tiny you can try making your default text bigger, or if selphia doesnt mind writing in standard font it will probably help too |
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Post by Diana Lovell on Jan 28, 2010 23:18:18 GMT
If I ever have problems with reading people's posts, then I just insert them into Word, make the font bigger, then read and reply!
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Post by Selphia Dek on Jan 29, 2010 4:27:06 GMT
i will stop posting in Italic. My bad. ~bows head~
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Veryan Lithônion
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Post by Veryan Lithônion on Jan 29, 2010 8:41:12 GMT
That might be the reason for al the weird codes at the dialogues perchance you would use the italics code here: [/i*] removing the * once you post and that would keep your posts pretty if you like Selphia
If I ever have problems with reading people's posts, then I just insert them into Word, make the font bigger, then read and reply!
Diana I also do that but the thing is the dialogues would look like: Veryan Lithônion|£I knoã who you are£%
So that is hard to read hehe
i will stop posting in Italic. My bad. ~bows head~
It isn't something awfully bad Selphia so no need to ask for forgiveness, really I thought it was a problem with my computer and so wanted to make sure.
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and that should help!
