On May 16, 2007, George wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I have a problem for a long time now and I would be grateful if
> someone knows any solution.
> I have installed the Greek fonts in Windows XP and I can see for
> example filenames & directories in Greek, write documents in Greek
> etc.
> But sometimes some programs do not display letters in Greek but in
> funny characters.
> One of them was winzip which could not keep the original Greek
> filenames & directories.
>
> More importantly Outlook has quite often the same problem. When I try
> to create a new contact for example, I cut and paste Greek names into
> the contact name & address field. The pasted text is not the original
> but again funny characters. I have found that if I paste the copied
> greek text in the notes field of the contact area (big empty box where
> one could write comments) then the greek text is pasted fine. If I
> then copy that pasted text from the notes field into the name field of
> the contact it is pasted OK with out funny characters.
>
> What is the problem?
>
Some of your applications may be Unicode-savvy, some not, and there is a
dependency on the font itself. For example, good-old Symbol, which has been
with us for years, ships in Type 1, TrueType, OpenType, and dfont. If I am
using Type 1 and you are using OpenType, and you send me a Word doc with,
say, a bullet, I will see a little infinity symbol. If I turn off Type 1
Symbol and enable, say, OpenType or dfont, I will see the proper bullet.
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